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William Fotheringham

William Fotheringham is the Guardian's cycling columnist

July 2024

  • Remco Evenepoel races to victory on stage seven of the Tour de France

    Remco Evenepoel in bloom can put a Belgian back on top of Tour de France

    William Fotheringham
  • Mark Cavendish sprints towards the finish line to win a record 35th Tour de France stage

    Stubborn, brave, brilliant: Cavendish defies age again to rewrite history

June 2024

  • Marco Pantani decked in the yellow jersey in full flow during stage 20 of the 1998 Tour de France

    A pirate’s life: Tour de France sets sail for home of the great Marco Pantani

  • Mathieu van der Poel, David Gaudu, Mark Cavendish.

    Tour de France 2024: full team-by-team guide

  • Riders descend near Courchevel in the 2023 Tour

    Tour de France 2024: stage-by-stage guide to this year’s race

  • Chris Boardman surrounded by his bikes the day before the 1994 Tour de France.

    How Chris Boardman changed the game for the Tour de France in 1994

May 2024

  • Tadej Pogacar climbs during the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia.

    Pogacar’s Giro d’Italia domination seals place among cycling’s greats

    Slovenian has matched Anquetil’s 1960 feat, brushing away his competitors so effortlessly that a tour double may beckon

March 2024

  • Laura Trott wins gold in the women's omnium at the 2012 Olympics.

    ‘You just have to be gutsy’: how Laura Kenny created her golden era

    Britain’s most successful female Olympian rode through adversity and her refusal to compromise explains retirement

September 2023

  • Wout van Aert of Jumbo-Visma (right) on the podium after winning the Tour of Britain.

    Wout van Aert wins Tour of Britain title as Carlos Rodríguez takes final stage

    The Belgian, whose second-place finish was enough to secure second title, said: ‘I had a really hard time. I didn’t think it was possible’
  • Dutchman Olav Kooij celebrates winning the first stage of the Tour of Britain

    Olav Kooij wins Tour of Britain first stage with Wout van Aert in second

    Jumbo-Visma’s Olav Kooij backed up his early-season results as Wout van Aert stole an early march on his probable main rival Tom Pidcock
  • Wout van Aert shows disappointment after being beaten to gold in the elite men’s road race at last month’s world championships

    Sportblog
    Wout van Aert hopes Tour of Britain can bring end to string of near misses

    Belgian needs a win in race he claimed in 2021 but Tom Pidcock lines up in Altrincham for Sunday’s first stage as a real threat

August 2023

  • FILES-CYCLING-FRANCE-BAHAMONTES-SPORT<br>(FILES) Spanish cyclist Federico Bahamontes climbs the hill during the 15th stage of the Tour de France, between Lunchon and Toulouse, on July, 11, 1958. Federico Bahamontes, who in 1959 became the first Spanish cyclist to win the Tour de France, has died aged 95, the mayor of Toledo announced on August 8, 2023. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

    Federico Bahamontes obituary

    Road racing cyclist nicknamed the ‘Eagle of Toledo’ who was the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France

July 2023

  • Remco Evenepoel wins the men's elite race at the Belgian championships in June.

    Biggest cycling event ever rides into Scotland with 200 titles on the line

  • A rider tries to recover after a crash on the 15th stage of the Tour de France on 16 July 2023.

    Sportblog
    Pile-ups caused by fans a problem for Tour de France, but not a new one

  • Jasper Philipsen flashes four fingers in Moulins to mark his fourth stage victory

    Sportblog
    No more ‘Jasper disaster’: Philipsen is now sprint king in a fast-moving business

    William Fotheringham
  • Jacques Anquetil (left) and Raymond Poulidor duel for the lead during the epic climb up Puy de Dome on 12 July 1964.

    Tour de France returns to storied climb of Le Puy de Dôme after 35 years

  • Mark Cavendish’s place in Tour de France sprint pantheon is already assured

    William Fotheringham

  • Sportblog
    Proud Basque heartland warmly embraces return of Grand Départ

June 2023

  • From left: Tom Pidcock of Ineos Grenadiers, Biniam Girmay of Intermarché-Circus-Wanty and Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates.

    Tour de France 2023: full team-by-team guide

  • Jonas Vingegaard heads past the Louvre

    Tour de France 2023: stage-by-stage guide to this year’s race

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