Team Ineos unscathed but unspectacular in opening Vuelta a Espana TTT

Team Ineos put in a solid but unspectacular performance in the opening stage of the Vuelta a España, placing 11th in the team time trial and ceding 25 seconds to winners Astana.

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.