William Fotheringham

journalist covering cycling for the Guardian since 1989, writer of 14 books. latest is The Greatest: the Times and Life of Beryl Burton published September 2019

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Out now my latest book: The Greatest: the Times and Life of Beryl Burton
Available here
https://t.co/P1aPKm3MW3

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@friebos Probably the next Bernard Hinault I’d say

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@friebos Disappointingly reticent with the facial expressions. Clearly his gurning master classes have not had the desired effect

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@friebos Gotta love the grumpy old curmudgeon

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Mad stat

[Daniel Friebe @friebos]

Every gold medal winner in men’s races in Canada so far has a father who raced (and all but one were pros).

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@CHAIRRDRF @Chris_Boardman It’s a lovely piece of writing

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Best possible end to the Vuelta & look he’s almost smiling #landismo

[Ginevra @ginevragarga]

Año 2026, el Landismo vive y nosotros aún aquí a contarlo

[Ginevra @ginevragarga]

Año 2026, el Landismo vive y nosotros aún aquí a contarlo

[Anthony Pope @Plastic_Peloton]

That’s the Tour of Spain done then

See you for Het Volk 👋

[UK Cycling Expert @ukcyclingexpert]

For those who don’t remember the famous Gavin stage of the 1988 Giro, Andy Hamster won the stage by storing flap jack in his cheeks to combat the cold. Trevor Brooking was second for the Panoramic team. That was when men were men.

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Quiet day at the office so let’s go stand on a random hilltop in Wales

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Forgot I wrote this… amidst the history is my summary of why I really like Julian Alaphilippe as a bike racer…

https://t.co/mtqslzKCPr

[Brian Holm @brianholm1962]

Second to none.. Begbie ❤️🏆🧨

[William Fotheringham @willfoth]

Sad news I will miss Juju

[L'Équipe @lequipe]

Julian Alaphilippe (34 ans) a décidé de mettre un terme à sa carrière et renonce à sa dernière année de contrat chez Tudor. Le Tour de France était sa dernière course. https://t.co/A1si94OIdn

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With all the justified noise around the TDFF & ToBW starting today, let’s cast our minds back to where the British Women’s Tour started… https://t.co/Jw9zMC9Ekl

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@chris_bojke Grey St the only vaguely tough bit & the boys weren’t even breathing. It was just a desperately poor course with zero difficulty which when you think of the terrain outside Newcastle was very disappointing

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Covered this as one of my first jobs for the Comic. One of the worst one day races I’ve ever seen.

[cycling archives @mission753]

Robert Millar puts in a late attack up Newcastle's Grey Street at the 1989 Wincanton Classic.
Graham Watson 📸

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@ChrisHillidge For sure, so many great kits around in the 80s

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@CHAIRRDRF Shit course where nothing happened