Portal: The Tour de France is not over

Team Ineos sports director Nicolas Portal has expressed his full comprehension for Tour de France organiser ASO's decision to stop stage 19 on the descent of the Iseran after a mudslide made the road between Val d'Isère and Tignes impassable.

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.