
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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Egan Bernal calls Volta a Catalunya stage 'crazy' as sprint decides major climbing stage
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Primož Roglič: 'There were a lot of strong riders today'

'I've beaten a great rival' - new Volta a Catalunya leader Juan Ayuso says after narrow mountaintop victory over Primož Roglič
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Spaniard praises Slovenian for not closing him off in sprint decided by millimetres, knowing major battles await

'It's important he fights with the GC group' – Richard Carapaz builds to Giro d'Italia in Volta a Catalunya mountains
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News EF Education-EasyPost leader set for battle with Giro rivals Roglič, Ayuso, Landa, Yates twins in Spain

'Primož feels good' - Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe relaxed but ambitious for Roglič as Volta a Catalunya hits high mountains
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Team taking long-term perspective on Volta as star racer has upcoming Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double

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
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