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• Alejandro Valverde Wins The San Sebastian Classic (And Results)
  August 2nd, 2008
  

  SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug 2, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, riding for Caisse d’Epargne, won the San Sebastian classic race in Spain’s northern Basque region here on Saturday in a pre-Olympic tune-up.
  Valverde, 28, is one of the favourites for the men’s road race honors at the Beijing [...]

• Valverde Takes Aim At Winning A Beijing Olympic Medal
  August 2nd, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  PARIS, Aug 2, 2008 (AFP) - A combination of tactical experience and sheer leg
  power on a climb that will be raced seven times during the men’s Olympic road
  race is a must for any cyclist aiming for gold in Beijing.
  But the climbers in the peloton will do better [...]

• Stage 11 Preview & Predictions
  July 15th, 2008
  

  Cadel’s Fitness To Be Tested
  Coming off a well-needed rest day on Tuesday, the riders return on Wednesday to a testy stage of 167.5 kilometers, or about 120 miles, with an elevation profile that resembles your third cousin Dewey’s dental chart.
  The first 100km won’t provide any reason for riders to come off the back [...]

• Silence May Not Be Golden For Cadel Evans, Says Valverde
  July 15th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) - Australian rider Cadel Evans’ grip on the Tour de France yellow jersey is likely to be undone because of the “weakness” of his Silence team, according to Spaniard Alejandro Valverde.
  Valverde virtually dropped out of the running for the race’s big prize on [...]

• Cadel Evans of Silence Lotto Can Hold Off The Threat Of The Big Teams, Says Team Manager
  July 14th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  HAUTACAM, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) - Silence-Lotto team manager Marc Sergeant believes Australia’s Cadel Evans has shown his rivals the tools that could land him an historic Tour de France yellow jersey in Paris.
  But the Belgian admitted after a thrilling 10th stage [...]

• Alejandro Valverde’s Yellow Jersey Dream Is A Nightmare
  July 14th, 2008
  

  HAUTACAM, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) - Leading Spanish contender Alejandro Valverde’s hopes of winning the Tour de France yellow jersey suffered a huge blow on a thrilling second day of racing in the Pyrenees here Monday.
  Valverde, who began the day in sixth place overall at 1min 12sec behind [...]

• Sanchez Wins Tour de France Seventh Stage, Kirchen Keeps Yellow Jersey
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) - Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez stepped out of the shadow of Caisse d’Epargne team-mate Alejandro Valverde to win a dramatic 7th stage of the Tour de France here on Friday.
  Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen, of Team Columbia, survived an audacious [...]

• Kirchen of Team Columbia In Yellow, As Ricco Wins Tour de France Stage 6
  July 10th, 2008
  

  SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Team Columbia’s Kim Kirchen created his own piece of Tour de France history by becoming the first Luxemburger in nearly 50 years to pull on the race’s yellow jersey on Thursday.
  Italian Riccardo Ricco of Saunier Duval won the sixth stage, [...]

• Kim Kirchen Has Thrown His Hat Into The Yellow Jersey Hunt
  July 9th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  CHOLET, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Cadel Evans and Alejandro Valverde would normally be happy to wait for the Pyrenees stages this weekend before launching part two of their expected fight for the Tour de France yellow jersey.
  However, the outcome of Tuesday’s first [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Gives Up The Lead For Today, But Keeps Yellow At Hand
  July 7th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) - Yellow jersey hopeful Alejandro Valverde gave up the Tour de France lead willingly on Tuesday, but admitted he had raced the hectic third stage with one eye on the crucial fourth stage.
  “We controlled things in the first [...]

• Thor Hushovd Hammers To Win Stage 2, As Valverde Maintains Lead
  July 6th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole claimed his sixth victory from the Tour de France after powering his way to the second stage over 164.5km from Auray to here Sunday.
  Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) retained the [...]

• Kim Kirchen Was Beaten But Were Not, Says Bob Stapleton of Team Columbia
  July 5th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Team Columbia manager Bob Stapleton is looking to Britain’s Mark Cavendish for a Tour de France stage victory after his team missed out on an historic first stage win here Saturday.
  Stapleton’s team have come to the Tour [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Strikes First Blow With A Stage 1 Tour de France Yellow Jersey
  July 5th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Spaniard Alejandro Valverde drew first blood in his bid to win the Tour de France by pulling on the yellow jersey for the first time after a thrilling first stage here Saturday.
  Valverde, riding for Caisse d’Epargne, punched [...]

• Tour de France Contenders Outline Plans To Stop Cadel Evans
  July 4th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - This year’s Tour de France is gearing up to be one of the most tightly contested in years, according to some of the yellow jersey contenders out to topple race favourite Cadel Evans.
  The Australian will start the [...]

• Tour de France Chief Convinced That The Cheats Are On Their Way Out
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois
  BREST, France, July 2, 2008 (AFP) - Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme is convinced this year’s race can take place without the numerous drug-tainted scandals that have left the event fighting for its credibility.
  The 95th edition of the world’s biggest bike race begins [...]

• Cadel Evans & Alejandro Valverde Lead Race For Absent Tour de France Yellow Jersey
  July 1st, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  PARIS, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - The Tour de France is usually no stranger to controversy, and this year’s race could be no different in spite of the likely thrill of a two-man battle for the fabled yellow jersey.
  For the second year in a [...]

• Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d’Epargne To Be Helped By Former Tour de France Champion
  June 30th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, one of the
  favourites for next month’s Tour de France, has the distinction of a former
  champion helping him in his leader’s role at Caisse d’Epargne, compatriot
  Oscar Pereiro.
  Pereiro came second behind Floyd Landis in 2006, but the American was later
  stripped of his title for [...]

• Tour de France Challenger Alejandro Valverde Wins Spanish National Title
  June 29th, 2008
  

  MADRID, June 29, 2008 (AFP) - Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, one of the favourites for next month’s Tour de France with the Caisse d’Epargne team, won the Spanish road race national title near Toledo to the south of Madrid on Sunday.

• Factfile on Dauphine Libere Winner Alejandro Valverde
  June 15th, 2008
  

  GRENOBLE, France, June 15, 2008 (AFP) - Factfile on Dauphine Libere winner Alejandro Valverde:
  Date of birth: April 25, 1980
  Place of birth: Las Lumbreras, Spain
  Nationality: Spanish
  Height: 1.78m
  Weight: 61kg
  Sport/discipline: cycling/road
  Teams: Kelme (2002-2004), Iles [...]

• Alejandro Valverde Gives Us A Glimpse of His Tour de France Yellow Jersey Potential
  April 28th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  PARIS, April 29, 2008 (AFP) - Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde gave his future Tour de France rivals an early reminder of his explosive climbing talents by winning his second Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic Sunday.
  At ‘only’ 261 km in length, this year’s ‘Doyenne’ - known as such [...]

• Cycling: Tour of Murcia results
  March 7th, 2008
  

  MADRID, March 7, 2008 (AFP) - Tour of Murcia results here on Thursday after
  the fourth stage, a 23.1km time-trial between Alhama and Aledo:
  Stage
  1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d’Epargne 33:32, 2. Stefano Garzelli
  (ITA) at 02, 3. Alberto Contador (ESP) 06, 4. Branislau Samoilau (BLR) 07, 5.
  Inigo Cuesta (ESP) 09.
  Overall
  1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 13hr 23min 11sec, 2. [...]