Chris Froome loses more time in Giro d'Italia

Chris Froome's difficult start to the Giro d'Italia continued as the Team Sky rider suffered another setback on Tuesday's stage 4, finding himself delayed and blocked at exactly the wrong moment in the final kilometre and losing some time to the rest of the favourites.

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 IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.