Degenkolb: tough Vuelta route motivates me

Up-and-coming sprinter John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) has said that despite the lack of many flat stages in the 2013 Vuelta a España, he plans on returning to the race where he took no fewer than five victories last summer.

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.