James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.
Latest articles by James Moultrie

Why Remco Evenepoel is right to make his Tour of Flanders debut now, and how he could challenge Pogačar and Van der Poel
By James Moultrie Published
Analysis How the Belgian superstar could change the nature of the race on Sunday against Pogačar and Van der Poel

'We'll certainly not make that same mistake again' – Can Wout van Aert and Visma take revenge at Dwars door Vlaanderen a year on from three-against-one tactical blunder?
By James Moultrie Published
News Head of racing Grischa Niermann discusses tactics on the eve of Wednesday's race, says leader is 'in very good shape and confident'

'Wiebes is an absolute animal' – Cat Ferguson says riders need to believe SD Worx-Protime star is beatable, or 'it's never going to happen'
By James Moultrie Published
News 19-year-old British rider takes inspiration from fellow teenage teammate Carys Lloyd's shock win at Ronde Van Brugge

A dark horse for the podium at Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix? – Cycling's new late attacker is making his presence impossible to ignore
By James Moultrie Published
News Bahrain Victorious say Alec Segaert is 'more confident, and he knows that now, these attacks have become his style'

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe have the makings of a great Tour of Flanders team, but is Remco Evenepoel the missing piece for taking on Pogačar and Van der Poel?
By James Moultrie Published
Analysis Why leadership of star Belgian in future editions could unlock the massive potential of German team's Classics squad

'It's in favour of Lorena, that's a bit of a pity' – FDJ United-Suez say UAE Team ADQ had to roll attacks against Wiebes at In Flanders Fields, but defend working with her
By James Moultrie Published
News Inside the tactical finale to Sunday's race with Moors, Chabbey, Gasparinni and Swinkels all losing out to Dutch sprinter in breakaway

'They were trying to hurt each other' – Florian Vermeersch fades in front row seat to latest Wout van Aert versus Mathieu van der Poel battle at In Flanders Fields
By James Moultrie Published
News Despite being dropped on the final Kemmelberg ascent, UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider impresses again by following superstar rivals

Why Pogačar and Van Aert's teams aren't sensing weakness for the Tour of Flanders despite Mathieu van der Poel's near-miss at E3 Saxo Classic
By James Moultrie Published
Analysis UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Visma-Lease a Bike remain cautious to underestimate Dutchman after spectacular finale to thrilling race

'I gave up, actually, because they were so close' – Mathieu van der Poel made to look human despite completing E3 Saxo Classic hat-trick with 'one of my best efforts'
By James Moultrie Published
News Dutchman talks through 63km solo win after chasing quartet fumbled the catch in the final kilometres of a dramatic edition

'My companions decided to gamble' – Florian Vermeersch disappointed at lack of cooperation after chasers let Mathieu van der Poel stay away in final kilometre of E3 Saxo Classic
By James Moultrie Published
News UAE Team Emirates-XRG DS says Belgian 'did what he was right to do' by not wasting final effort to close down solo Dutchman

'Sometimes it is up to me to bang on the table and say that I am still here' – Why Lotte Kopecky demanding Milan-San Remo leadership is an ominous sign for the rest of the Classics
By James Moultrie Published
News How the Belgian getting back on track sets her up perfectly for Flanders and Roubaix

Tom Pidcock suggests Milan-San Remo victory would have been 'a bit of a fluke' as he makes quick switch to GC mode for Volta a Catalunya
By James Moultrie Published
News British rider shifts focus from narrow loss to Pogačar to challenging Vingegaard, Evenepoel and Almeida in the mountains

Toms Skujiņš out of Spring Classics for the first time in a decade in big blow for Lidl-Trek and Mads Pedersen
By James Moultrie Published
News Latvian champion got sick during the brutally wet stage 4 of Paris-Nice and has barely trained since

Chasing perfection on Cipressa and Poggio – Where have Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates-XRG fallen short at Milan-San Remo and how do they finally win it in 2026?
By James Moultrie Published
Analysis A look back at the Slovenian's failed attempts and how his new supporting cast can guide him to success at the hardest Monument to win

Bredene Koksijde Classic: Dylan Groenewegen speeds to victory as break caught in finale of hectic race
By James Moultrie Published
Results Dutch sprinter already doubles win haul from 2025 by taking second victory of year for Unibet Rose Rockets

Illness forces Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini to pull out of Milan-San Remo Women
By James Moultrie Published
News Without UAE Team ADQ's leader, the race moves more in favour of the sprinters and defending champion Lorena Wiebes

Eddy Merckx offers advice to Tadej Pogačar on how to finally win Milan-San Remo, 50 years after taking record seventh title
By James Moultrie Published
News Belgian says it's an attack on the Poggio, not the Cipressa, that will give World Champion best chance of distancing Mathieu van der Poel

'I've struggled with it because I felt like I was more under the watchful eye' – Urška Žigart opens up about handling attention and reaching potential with the belief of her team
By James Moultrie Published
Interview After the best season of her career, Slovenian talks about how AG Insurance-Soudal 'pushed the right buttons to get it out of her'

'For a moment I thought about stopping' – Crash caused by teammate almost denies Dani Martínez second place on GC at Paris-Nice
By James Moultrie Published
News Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe work tirelessly to save Colombian rider's second place overall after Laurence Pithie inadvertently brought him down on climb

'The first sprint I've won in my career' – Matteo Jorgenson snatches second overall at Tirreno-Adriatico but concedes 'Del Toro was stronger at every turn'
By James Moultrie Published
News Visma-Lease a Bike rider only the third-ever US podium finisher at Italian stage race after Horner and LeMond

Paris-Nice: Jonas Vingegaard secures GC title but gets pipped to stage 8 victory by Lenny Martinez in narrow two-up sprint
By James Moultrie Published
Results Dane is second on final stage and Harold Tejada takes third from small chase group in Nice

Tirreno-Adriatico: Isaac del Toro seals overall victory as Jonathan Milan wins stage 7 sprint for third consecutive year
By James Moultrie Published
Results Sam Welsford second and Laurenz Rex third in chaotic sprint as multiple riders crashed in final 3km

'It's only a matter of time before he wins Milan-San Remo' – Mathieu van der Poel braces himself for first face-off with Tadej Pogačar in 2026
By James Moultrie Published
News Dutchman says he doesn't 'have much left to do' in terms of preparation after taking two stage wins at Tirreno-Adriatico
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