Teams & Riders He's coming home!!!! Alejandro Valverde comeback thread.

[Walkman]

Pretty much all dutch riders said in their post race interview that Valverde deserved it, despite his past. GVA also said pretty much the same.

Despite his past he is well respected. GVA also said he doesnt believe the old man is still dirty.

Omerta is still live and kicking.
Or maybe they are just cowards trying to fit into the peloton.

 

[KyoGrey]

Is it a coincidence that all this hating and supposed lessons of morality comes primarily from the anglo-saxon world of cycling, or is it just me?

Newcomers to the sport, destroyed decades of GT racing with USP/SKY and think they can set the moral highground for everybody.

If Valverde was Australian or Welsh he would be revered by this same media.

"Sir Alexander Greenval, the Sean Kelly of the 21st century, at 38 years age still shows that hard work and talent can overcome everything bla bla bla"

 

[KyoGrey]

https://www.eurosport.es/ciclismo/alejandro-valverde-confirma-en-eurosport-que-estrenara-su-arcoiris-en-el-giro-de-lombardia_sto6955444/story.shtml

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Q: "We will see you in Lombardia?"

VALV: "If God wants and nothing happens, for sure. I'm wishing to show the WC maillot as of right now. If I had tomorrow the bike I would go out with it and with the maillot"

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Q: "We will see you in rainbow in the Spring classics, like San Remo?"

VALV: "I know that Antonio Alix (ES Spain narrator) is very keen on seeing me going to Flanders..!"

Q: "He wants to narrate your victory there!"

VALV: "I know, I know"

VALV: "There is a possibility that this following year we trace an alternative calendar. It's still very early to talk with the season still not finished, but maybe doing Classics, Giro and Vuelta a España would be a very nice calendar to show the maillot"

VALV: "The Tour...the Tour is the Tour, but its been a lot of years being there and maybe its time to take a step (apart) for other teammates."

VALV: "That doesn't mean that I definitively wont go...but as of this moment...that is what I have in my head".



However, I think there will be a lot of pressure in the Team to force him to France this July. As always.

 

[Valv.Piti]

So he basically wants to do that exact problem we all more or less wants him to and skip that godawful race that is the Tour. Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Unzué would be stupid to send him to France

 

[46&twoWheels]

I suggest adding a new level to the old poll. "Chicxulub asteroid impact"

 

[No_Balls]

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Is it a coincidence that all this hating and supposed lessons of morality comes primarily from the anglo-saxon world of cycling, or is it just me?

Newcomers to the sport, destroyed decades of GT racing with USP/SKY and think they can set the moral highground for everybody.

If Valverde was Australian or Welsh he would be revered by this same media.

"Sir Alexander Greenval, the Sean Kelly of the 21st century, at 38 years age still shows that hard work and talent can overcome everything bla bla bla"

Yeah but on the other hand if there would be ”hating” it would only come from there. Actually im kind of surprised the little amount of vitriol he actually gets given certain aspects of his career. Just look at the commentaries to this article.

 

[Red Rick]

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So he basically wants to do that exact problem we all more or less wants him to and skip that godawful race that is the Tour. Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Unzué would be stupid to send him to France

This the same man who said 'we won the team classification, our Vuelta was a success'.

But I still want to believe Unzué was trolling

But yeah I hope Valverde doesn't go to the Tour.

 

[tobydawq]

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So he basically wants to do that exact problem we all more or less wants him to and skip that godawful race that is the Tour. Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Unzué would be stupid to send him to France

It's time for us to again go to the Movistar headquarters and give Unzué a talking-to like we said we'd do before last year's Tour regarding the captaincy role

 

[RedheadDane]

While you're at it, give him a lesson in how to design a proper national championship jersey.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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While you're at it, give him a lesson in how to design a proper national championship jersey.

You have no idea what's coming
Hint: https://twitter.com/i/status/1046449302535643136

 

[RedheadDane]

At least UCI has certain standards for world championship jerseys.

 

[Koronin]

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Did anyone else suffer through reading Caley Fretz's disgusting anti-Valverde screed, "I wish Valverde hadn’t won", published by CyclingTips?

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/10/i-wish-valverde-hadnt-won/

Disgusting indeed, disgusting indeed. What a moron. **** the US media.

Agreed.

Apparently I need to sit down and write up something about the worlds and see if I can get it published. (Have had two articles published by Cycling Today). With that drivel I guess I do need to write something.

 

[Koronin]

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So he basically wants to do that exact problem we all more or less wants him to and skip that godawful race that is the Tour. Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Unzué would be stupid to send him to France

Agreed, basically he wants the same thing we want. Now how to we all ensure he gets what we all want?

 

[Koronin]

Re: Re:

So he basically wants to do that exact problem we all more or less wants him to and skip that godawful race that is the Tour. Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Unzué would be stupid to send him to France

It's time for us to again go to the Movistar headquarters and give Unzué a talking-to like we said we'd do before last year's Tour regarding the captaincy role

So in other words you're telling me that I really, really need to go get a passport so I can join the rest of you in Spain at their headquarters OR at the team meetings so we can ensure this?

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

So he basically wants to do that exact problem we all more or less wants him to and skip that godawful race that is the Tour. Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Unzué would be stupid to send him to France

It's time for us to again go to the Movistar headquarters and give Unzué a talking-to like we said we'd do before last year's Tour regarding the captaincy role

So in other words you're telling me that I really, really need to go get a passport so I can join the rest of you in Spain at their headquarters OR at the team meetings so we can ensure this?

Yes, I think that it's gravely necessary.

 

[Koronin]

Re: Re:

So he basically wants to do that exact problem we all more or less wants him to and skip that godawful race that is the Tour. Nice, nice, nice, nice.

Unzué would be stupid to send him to France

It's time for us to again go to the Movistar headquarters and give Unzué a talking-to like we said we'd do before last year's Tour regarding the captaincy role

So in other words you're telling me that I really, really need to go get a passport so I can join the rest of you in Spain at their headquarters OR at the team meetings so we can ensure this?

Yes, I think that it's gravely necessary.

Guess I need to work on getting the passport.

 

[lartiste]

Re:

Is it a coincidence that all this hating and supposed lessons of morality comes primarily from the anglo-saxon world of cycling, or is it just me?

Newcomers to the sport, destroyed decades of GT racing with USP/SKY and think they can set the moral highground for everybody.

If Valverde was Australian or Welsh he would be revered by this same media.

"Sir Alexander Greenval, the Sean Kelly of the 21st century, at 38 years age still shows that hard work and talent can overcome everything bla bla bla"

Absolutely agree. It is even more funny when same people are rooting for such a freaks as Froome, Thomas, Wiggins at all. And they have the impertinence to use word "shame" in connection with Bala and not with 3 Brittons coincidently GT winners with clear clinic issues.

 

[Koronin]

Valverde said today that he is going to race Lombardia and will be unveiling his rainbow jersey there. He then said if he could find a race tomorrow he'd race tomorrow with the jersey on.

 

[Breh]

The last Worldchampion to skip LeTour was Bettini. Don't get your hopes up.

 

[joe_papp]

Re: Re:

While you're at it, give him a lesson in how to design a proper national championship jersey.

You have no idea what's coming
Hint: https://twitter.com/i/status/1046449302535643136

I love the M-WC stripes!

 

[Valv.Piti]

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The last Worldchampion to skip LeTour was Bettini. Don't get your hopes up.

Valverde doesnt have anything to offer to the race anymore - much like Contador he has focused a lot on that race and it has let him down (mostly) year after year. Its not his race and has never been and now that he aint that competitive in the high mountains anymore, its time to stop. Wouldnt be oppsed to him riding in 2020 with Tokyo in mind, but everything next year points in the direction that he simply should forget about it and target other races. After all Movistar still has Landa and Quintana.

 

[Koronin]

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The last Worldchampion to skip LeTour was Bettini. Don't get your hopes up.

Valverde doesnt have anything to offer to the race anymore - much like Contador he has focused a lot on that race and it has let him down (mostly) year after year. Its not his race and has never been and now that he aint that competitive in the high mountains anymore, its time to stop. Wouldnt be oppsed to him riding in 2020 with Tokyo in mind, but everything next year points in the direction that he simply should forget about it and target other races. After all Movistar still has Landa and Quintana.

Totally agree with this. There is no reason at all for him to go to the Worlds. The team doesn't need him there, he doesn't really want to be there. It's time to not race the Tour and for once in his life have him do the Giro/Vuelta double instead.
You know, I think you may have found where that age thing is starting to catch up with him. That would be in the high mountains and those climbs that have never suited him to begin with.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Indeed, he isn't the same climber in the high mountains anymore, unfortuntely. But thats maybe for the better as of right now tbh, at least he hasn't declined in other areas. Thats why it sucks even more than we never got to see him in that Tour last year when fricking Urán finished within a minute of Froome on a overall easy parcours suited well to Valverde, Still remember how he attacked left and right in that Dauphine and just had a lot of fun after finishing 3rd on the time trial. He was scary good that year.

 

[Koronin]

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Indeed, he isn't the same climber in the high mountains anymore, unfortuntely. But thats maybe for the better as of right now tbh, at least he hasn't declined in other areas. Thats why it sucks even more than we never got to see him in that Tour last year when fricking Urán finished within a minute of Froome on a overall easy parcours suited well to Valverde, Still remember how he attacked left and right in that Dauphine and just had a lot of fun after finishing 3rd on the time trial. He was scary good that year.

He isn't, but just maybe we can use that to convince the team to keep him away from the Tour.
I'm with you. I will forever believe he could have won the Tour last year. He was on some crazy form and just having so much fun. That Tour was so perfect for him. I still believe he was the actual leader for that Tour as well. Hopefully we don't see that decline start to effect other areas anytime soon.

 

[Nirvana]

Yesyerday he was a guest at Marca headquarters in Madrid, he said that he'll likely retire after Tokyo and he'll take as a bonus everything he's going to win after sunday race.
He also confirmed that he'll ride Lombardia but he hinted that he could already show up in the new jersey in Emilia this weekend or one of the other race next week.