Alasdair Fotheringham
Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.
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UAE Team Emirates set to unleash multiple Volta a Catalunya GC cards with Juan Ayuso and Adam Yates
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News 'Our leader is the team,' says manager Joxean Fernández Matxin

'Even second here is really nice' - Matthew Brennan follows opening Volta victory with near-miss on stage 2
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Briton youngster maintains lead for second straight day before Volta hits mountains

'The Volta suits me perfectly' - Ben O'Connor determined to put Paris-Nice behind him in Catalunya
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Illness and 'a couple of mistakes' wrecked GC options in France for Australian, but Catalunya 'always been a goal of mine'

'A privilege to be racing on Jonas' behalf' - Matthew Brennan's late substitution for Vingegaard at Volta a Catalunya gets off to perfect start
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News 19-year-old Briton the youngest leader of Volta a Catalunya in 74 years

'To win, I'll need to be at my absolute best' - Juan Ayuso keen to continue run of early 2025 success in Volta a Catalunya
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Spaniard considered main rival for top favourite Primoz Roglič in weeklong stage race

'Don't attack before Pogačar' - Italian greats give Tom Pidcock advice on Milan-San Remo during recon ride
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Former San Remo winners Vincenzo Nibali and Maurizio Fondriest ride with Briton for last 10 kilometres

'I'll be on the bike with them, not just in the car' – new Spanish men's coach Alejandro Valverde to join training rides
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Newly appointed head men's coach and former World Champ still riding 28,000 kilometres a year on road, multiple gravel races, and MTB
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Spanish caught behind when Roglič attacked, but says 'result would have been the same, anyway' -
'If I wanted to win, I had to do something' - Primoz Roglič's second overall Volta a Catalunya victory bolsters his Grand Tour ambitions
Slovenian veteran makes stunning lone move to wrest lead from Juan Ayuso
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'I'm very upset' - Volta a Catalunya organiser dismayed by riders' last-minute change of heart over altered stage 6 route
Volta peloton initially promised to ride two laps of altered stage, finally rode one -
'Like the last day of a Grand Tour' - radically changed Volta a Catalunya mountain stage leaves peloton perplexed and disappointed
Volta a Catalunya now looks to Montjuïc to resolve GC struggle between Ayuso and Roglič -
Double Volta a Catalunya stage winner Matthew Brennan pulls out of race to avoid overexertion, team reports
19-year-old will return to racing at Limberg on April 16, likely to race Tour de Romandie
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'Riders need to learn to stand together' - Quinn Simmons claims first WorldTour win at Volta a Catalunya after team voted not to race in high winds
American outpowers pack on uphill finish after bizarre 25-kilometre race -
High winds force Volta a Catalunya to decapitate queen stage for flat finale
Queen stage replaced with stage for sprinters at short notice, racing limited to 73km -
Volta a Catalunya to miss main climb of toughest stage because of high winds
Col de Pradell no longer to feature on Saturday due to bad weather