Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez will be present at the World Championships in Richmond, Virginia. After a little controversy during the Vuelta a Espana, team manager Javier Minguez plays down speculations of rivalry between the two champions.
Indeed, on stage 21 of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, Alejandro Valverde won the intermediate sprint to take the points jersey while the incumbent, Joaquim Rodriguez, suffered a puncture. "I’m not worried. When on the circuit they will only think of the race", he told according to Spanish newspaper AS.
Spain for the World Championships:
Road race: Alejandro Valverde, Ion Izagirre, Jesus Herrada, Imanol Erviti, Jonathan Castroviejo, Joaquim Rodriguez, Daniel Moreno, Daniel Navarro, Luis Leon Sanchez
Individual time trial: Luis Leon Sanchez, Jonathan Castroviejo
23.04 - 27.04: CAC Nile Tour |
27.04: Liberazione Juniores |
27.04: E3 Saxo Classic |
27.04: Leiedal Koerse |
27.04: Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs |
21.04 - 28.04: Presidential Cycling Tour of T... |
23.04 - 28.04: Tour de Romandie |
24.04 - 28.04: Tour of the Gila |
24.04 - 28.04: Tour of the Gila Women |
25.04 - 28.04: Gracia |
Thomas JØRGENSEN 52 years | today |
Alejandro VALVERDE 44 years | today |
Alex MORRICE 24 years | today |
Paavo PAAJANEN 36 years | today |
Alessandra LARI 39 years | today |
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