Alejandro Valverde (Photo Credit: Twitter)
Alejandro Valverde gained the 203.2 km Miguel Indurain Grand Prix
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- Last Updated:April 04, 2021, 08:13 IST
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Just three weeks earlier than he turns 41, Alejandro Valverde returned to the winner’s podium on Saturday when he gained the 203.2 km Miguel Indurain Grand Prix which began and completed in the Navarran city of Estella.
It was the veteran Spanish bike owner’s first victory in a yr and a half and the primary for Movistar in 2021.
It additionally confirmed that he’s in fine condition to sort out the grand excursions as soon as once more.
“I am very happy for this win today,” mentioned Valverde who completed six seconds forward of Alexey Lutsenko along with his Astana teammate Luis Leon Sanchez in third.
“We knew it was going to be a difficult day. Astana was the strongest team and they had a great race, controlling it from the beginning.”
Valverde, who gained this race in 2014 and 2018, confirmed his legs have been staving off the rigours of age when he completed twelfth in the Tour de France final September and tenth in the Vuelta in November.
Eleven kilmetres from the end, Valverde caught up with Sanchez who had been out on his personal in the lead, they usually have been joined by Lutsenko.
The Movistar chief attacked on the final climb to the highest of Eraul to take the victory.
Valverde, who served a two-year suspension for doping a decade in the past, will compete in the Tour of the Basque Country subsequent week.
