Sky: Vuelta a Espana lead is possible for Kwiatkowski

Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) moves into the hotseat during stage 20 time trial at the Tour de France

Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) moves into the hotseat during stage 20 time trial at the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Team Sky turned in a strong global performance in the opening time trial stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Malaga, placing four riders in the top 20, including runner-up Michal Kwiatkowski. But if the win just eluded the British squad on Saturday, Sky's head sports director for the Vuelta promised they would fight for the lead on Sunday's uphill finish.

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.