ALEJANDRO VALVERDE

Alejandro Valverde to hang bike at the end of 2022

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has announced that his retirement from professional cycling is set for the end of 2022. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde wins third stage of Giro di Sicilia, takes GC lead and crashes after finish line

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has taken the victory at the third stage of the Giro di Sicilia. Read more...

Nibali, Froome and Valverde to start in return of Giro di Sicilia

The Giro di Sicilia Eolo is set to return in 2021 from September 28 to October 1, over four stages around the Italian island. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde shines on mountain finish, Alexey Lutsenko seizes Yellow at Dauphine

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has taken the win of the sixth stage at the Criterium du Dauphine, while Alexey Lutsenko seized the lead of the General Classification. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde takes solo victory at GP Indurain: It gives me confidence towards Itzulia

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde has taken the victory of the GP Miguel Induraín after a 10-kilometre solo effort. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde and Enric Mas to lead Movistar at TDF, Marc Soler at Giro d'Italia

Movistar's Eusebio Unzué has announced that Alejandro Valverde and Enric Mas will lead at Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, while Marc Sole will do it at the Giro d'Italia. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde outlines new calendar with emphasis on Tour de France and World Championships

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde has discussed the races he will likely ride in the new calendar for 2020. Read more...

Yorkshire World Championships - Alejandro Valverde: I would have liked to finish but I was freezing

The World Champion of 2018 Alejandro Valverde withdrew from the road race in Yorkshire very early on the day. Read more...

Yorkshire World Championships - Alejandro Valverde: Weather will make the race very difficult

Alejandro Valverde (Spain) is ready to defend the rainbow jersey at the road race of the World Championships of Yorkshire in a competition that is going to be very difficult. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde to lead Spain in World Championships of Yorkshire

Alejandro Valverde is set to lead the Spanish selection at the upcoming World Championships of Yorkshire. Iván García Cortina will be the second leader of the roster. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde thanks fans for keeping him informed after radio malfunction in Vuelta a España stage 20

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) successfully defended his second overall place in the Vuelta a España by finishing the 20th stage in the second position. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Roglic remains very strong

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) climbed one spot and is currently in the second overall place of the Vuelta a España, after the end of the 18th stage. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Astana saved the Red Jersey for Roglic

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has lost one position in the General Classification at the end of the 17th stage while Nairo Quintana climbed to the second overall place. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: It wasn't my worst day but not the best either

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has lost some time in the 16th stage of the Vuelta a España but remains in the second position of the General Classification. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Roglic and I had a good understanding

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) crossed the finish line of the Vuelta a España stage 15 in the ninth place, maintaining the gap with Primoz Roglic. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: My wrist hurts a bit, but I don't think it's serious

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) was affected by the mass crash of the 14th stage in the Vuelta a España, but he was able to cross the finish line. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Roglic has shown to be the strongest rider

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde lost some time in the 13th stage of the Vuelta a España but managed to remain in the second place of the General Classification. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: We are all tired of the leadership debate

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) finished the individual time trial of the tenth stage at the Vuelta a España one minute and 38 seconds behind the winner of the day Primoz Roglic. Read more...

Vuelta a España stage 8 reactions: Miguel Angel Lopez, Alejandro Valverde, Rafal Majka, Nairo Quintana

While Nikias Arnt won the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España and Nicolas Edet took the Red Jersey, the peloton arrived together to the finish line, maintaining the GC differences. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: Nairo and me are within the top 4 GC contenders

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde was the first rider to cross the finish line at the ascent of Más de la Costa in the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde wins mountain battle on Mas de la Costa in Vuelta a España

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has taken the victory of the mountain finish of Mas de la Costa in the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Vuelta a España stage 6 reactions: Miguel Ángel Lopez, Ángel Madrazo, Alejandro Valverde, Dorian Godon

In the second mountain finish of the 2019 Vuelta a España, Jesús Herrada took the win, Dylan Teuns got the Red Jersey and the favourites arrived in a compact group. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Nairo Quintana: The team has decided that Valverde is the leader

Movistar Team's Nairo Quintana has explained that the formation has decided that Alejandro Valverde will be the leader for the remainder of the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Vuelta a España stage 5 reactions: Alejandro Valverde, Nairo Quintana, Jetse Bol, Nicolas Roche

Ángel Madrazo took the victory of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España after continuously fighting to stay in the front Read more...

Alejandro Valverde, Richard Carapaz and Nairo Quintana lead Movistar in Vuelta a España

Movistar Team has announced its roster for the upcoming edition of the Vuelta a España, which will be the 40th time the formation starts in the Spanish grand tour. Read more...

Tour de France - Alejandro Valverde: Nairo didn't tell us anything, you'd have to ask him why

Alejandro Valverde managed to control the loses at the challenging 14th stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde wins Spanish national title: The feelings ahead of the Tour are really good

Alejandro Valverde has taken his third Spanish national title at the 2019 championships in his home region of Murcia. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde signs new deal with Movistar until 2021: This is my home

Movistar has announced that Alejandro Valverde has extended his contract as a rider until 2021 and will remain working with the team until at least 2024. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde makes successful return by winning opening stage of Route d'Occitanie

Alejandro Valverde has shown to be completely recovered by taking the victory of the first stage of the Route d'Occitanie. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde to return to competition in Route d'Occitanie

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde is returning to competition in the Route d'Occitanie. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde 'still uncertain' about Tour de France participation

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) is still uncertain about his shape and participation in the Tour de France. Read more...

Movistar confirms Alejandro Valverde's absence from Giro d'Italia

Movistar Team has confirmed the information that was anticipated the day before: Alejandro Valverde will not be at the start line of the Giro d'Italia. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde's chances of starting in Giro d'Italia get slimmer: Things are getting complicated

Alejandro Valverde's participation in the Giro d'Italia seems to be getting complicated as the days pass. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde's Giro d'Italia participation at risk due to bone oedema

Alejandro Valverde's participation in the Giro d'Italia is at risk due to bone oedema. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde plans to retire in 2021: I will have to be home and enjoy the family

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde has stated that he expects to retire from cycling in 2021 one year after the Olympic Games of 2020 Read more...

Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa to lead Movistar in Milano-Sanremo

Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa are set to lead Movistar in Milano-Sanremo. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde takes first victory as World Champion in UAE Tour

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde has taken the victory of the third stage at the UAE Tour. The Spaniard took his first win in the rainbow jersey at Jebel Hafeet. Read more...

Geraint Thomas and Alejandro Valverde to ride Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

The 70th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana will be held between the 6th and the 10th of February. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde to start in Tour Colombia in 2020

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde will "almost certainly" take part on the Tour Colombia of 2020. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde confirms participation in 2019 Volta a Catalunya

World Champion Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) will start in the 2019 Volta a Catalunya with the objective of defending his title. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa to ride two grand tours each in 2019

World Champion Alejandro Valverde will ride the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España in 2019 while Mikel Landa is set to do the Giro-Tour de France double. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde is confirmed for 2019 Dwars door Vlaanderen

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde is set to start in the 2019 edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde wins TDF Saitama Criterium: My first victory with the rainbow jersey

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has taken the victory at the Le Tour de France Saitama Criterium. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde: I don't enjoy the Tour de France

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) is already preparing to show his rainbow jersey at the 2019 season, but he is skipping an important race. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde: I think I could retire after the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020

Spain's Alejandro Valverde has just won the road race of the World Championships and he is already thinking about his future in cycling. Read more...

World Championships - Alejandro Valverde: It was my dream to be World Champion and I was so close so many times

Spain's Alejandro Valverde has taken the victory at the World Championships road race. The rider was the fastest at the reduced final sprint. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde wins the Rainbow jersey at the World Championships

Alejandro Valverde (Spain) has taken the victory at the road race of the World Championships of Innsbruck. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: These final days haven’t been the ending I hoped for

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) had a bitter 20th stage of the Vuelta a España as he lost the podium position and fell to the fifth position of the General Classification. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: The rivals have been better than me, that's the truth

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) had a difficult day on the bike at the last climb of the 19th stage of the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Vuelta a España - Alejandro Valverde: I didn’t expect to finish the race so fresh and strong

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde finished the 18th stage of the Vuelta a España safely with the peloton, while he was already thinking of the days to come. Read more...