Vuelta España peloton stages brief protest over stage 10 time gap rules

The Vuelta a España peloton staged a brief protest at the start of stage 11 in Villaviciosa, disagreeing with a change to the time gap rule that race commissaires had implemented at the end of stage 10.

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.