Tributes paid to cycling journalist Richard Moore, who has died aged 49

Richard Moore interviewing Matthew Hayman at the 2017 Tour de France. Photograph: Simon Gill/Alamy

Tributes have poured in for the cycling journalist and award-winning author Richard Moore who died on Monday, aged 49.

The highly respected writer was a former racing cyclist, who represented Great Britain during his career and Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, where he competed in the road race and the time trial.