Lotto-Soudal director slams presence of bollards on road in Vuelta a Espana finale

Lotto-Soudal director Mario Aerts criticized organisers of the Vuelta a España for the presence of plastic bollards in the middle of the road which led to a crash of one of his riders late in stage 6.

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.