Alejandro Valverde

Alejandro Valverde vowed to attack Team Sky again and again at the Tour de France.

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Movistar’s daring tactic to try to derail Team Sky’s train backfires in the first summit finale of the 2018 Tour de France.

It wasn’t a win, but it sure felt like one. There were plenty of smiles, high-fives, and hugs around the Movistar bus after riders survived a Sunday in hell.

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Although Movistar was well off the pace of BMC and Team Sky, Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa are still in the hunt.

Movistar's three Tour de France GC leaders promise harmony. The unconventional approach could lead to strife ... or success.

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GC trio will count on a balanced lineup for both flat and mountain stages

Movistar's Tour leaders are staying diplomatic ahead of the Tour de France

The squad will take an unconventional, three-pronged approach at the upcoming Tour de France.

Now that Mikel Landa has joined Movistar, will he, Alejandro Valverde, or Nairo Quintana be the chosen leader to take on the Tour?

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Here’s your News Roundup for Thursday, March 29. Flanders updates, Tour news, Ellen van Dijk's win at Dwars.

Alejandro Valverde stuns the classics heavies with a brilliant ride in the rain at Dwars door Vlaanderen.

More Tour de France GC riders are signing up to race on cobblestones, this time in Wednesday's Dwars door Vlaanderen.

Alejandro Valverde wins his second stage at Volta a Catalunya atop the climb of La Molina, reclaiming the overall race lead.

Reigning champion Alejandro Valverde takes overall lead at Volta a Catalunya after winning Tuesday's stage 2 in a sprint finish.

After riding in support of top riders for years, Mikel Landa is now at Movistar — and will continue to be the second option for yellow.

Alejandro Valverde's comeback from a fractured leg continued at the Abu Dhabi Tour, as he won the race's final stage and overall title.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won the final stage of the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour in Jebel Hafeet on Sunday and captured the overall title.

Movistar staff and teammates agree: Alejandro Valverde is on track to win more Ardennes classics despite 2017 Tour injuries.

Alejandro Valverde proved on Saturday that his victory on stage two was no fluke and won atop of the brutal climb of Alto de las Canterasto.

Exactly seven months after a Tour de France crash that nearly ended his career, Alejandro Valverde wins his first race of 2018.

Alejandro Valverde's recovery from a catastrophic knee injury has gone flawlessly. Now he's ready to return to racing — and win.

The Spanish-based squad is throwing everything it has at winning the Tour de France next season.

The Spaniard though his career was over when he smashed his knee into a metal barrier, but the surgically repaired joint is holding up.

Valverde told a Spanish newspaper he will focus on the spring classics, the Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España, and the worlds in 2018.

Team Movistar's two-pronged plan to attack Sky's Chris Froome "vanished" as quickly as the 2017 Tour de France began.

What caused so many riders to crash on the opening day of the 2017 Tour de France? And other questions ricocheting around the paddock.

Spanish veteran Alejandro Valverde has undergone a succesful operation following a crash that knocked him out of the Tour de France.

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The 2017 Tour de France lost Alejandro Valverde crashed on a wet corner, and was forced to abandon in the opening stage on Saturday.

Should we be skeptical of Alejandro Valverde's unbelievable run in the spring of 2017?

Liège was a bit of a snoozer this year. So we have ideas: How the peloton can beat Valverde, and how to make the route better.

The cycling world mourns Michele Scarponi's death. Alejandro Valverde and Vincenzo Nibali dedicate recent wins to the Italian.

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Andrew Hood breaks down how Alejandro Valverde was able to win his fifth La Flèche Wallonne title.

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The Spaniard accelerates near the top of the Mur de Huy and holds on for the victory.

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Alejandro Valverde won the Tour of the Basque Country for the first time after coming in second to winner Primož Roglič on Saturday.

Drawing on years of experience, Alejandro Valverde leads out sprint early and wins Pais Vasco's summit finish in Eibar, taking the GC lead.

Alejandro Valverde heads to the toughest week-long race on the calendar, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, hoping to add an overall win to his palmares.

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde celebrated the second Volta a Catalonia win of his career by winning the final stage on Sunday in Barcelona.

Alejandro Valverde took command of the Volta a Catalunya Friday, winning stage 5 in Lo Port, atop a 1,000-meter mountaintop finish.

Europe's fourth-oldest ongoing stage race kicks off Monday and features some heavy hitters in the GC field.

Alejandro Valverde won his 100th career pro race, one of the few riders to do so, with a combination of tactical acumen and otherworldly talent.

Tim Wellens won the final stage of Ruta del Sol as Alejandro Valverde held on to his narrow lead over Alberto Contador to win the overall.

A busy week of racing heads into its final weekend as the professional peloton is scattered between the Tour of Oman, the Ruta del Sol in Spain to the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal.

Alejandro Valverde attacks the final climb with Alberto Contador, then out-sprints a select group of six to win stage 1 in Andalucia.

Spain's Ruta del Sol race features top GC riders like Alberto Contador and four-time winner Alejandro Valverde.

Did Alejandro Valverde have home-field advantage in Murcia? Probably, but what does that mean, and are there disadvantages too?

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) soloed to his fifth career win at La Vuelta a Murcia on Saturday.

Alejandro Valverde says the 2017 Vuelta route should be especially difficult, and that it will be tricky for GC leaders to peak at the perfect moment.

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Alejandro Valverde's career is full of victories and accolades, but he's missing a few pieces of his puzzle.

The veteran Spaniard will be 39 when his new contract with Movistar is up.

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“Alejandro just keeps getting better with age," says Eusebio Unzué

On this week's The VeloNews Show, we examine the Vuelta a España's exciting stage 10.

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Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, and Alejandro Valverde can all ride into the record books at the Vuelta, which begins Saturday.

Quintana finished fourth in the 2015 Vuelta and Valverde won the 2009 edition of the Spanish race.

Nairo Quintana has yet to make a race-changing move in this Tour, which leaves some wondering if he has the legs to do so.

Multiple teams came to the Tour de France with more than one GC option, but potential conflicts have fizzled out.

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Despite having multiple grand tour victories between them, Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde are lining up for this year's Tour as domestiques

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In closing out the 2016 Giro d'Italia third overall, Alejandro Valverde now counts podium finishes in all three grand tours