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

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Oh yes, as well as Aston Martin or Lotus

 

[Koronin]

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Oh yes, as well as Aston Martin or Lotus

Just making sure that we have found something we can actually agree on. Basically that he has a very nice car.

 

[Angliru]

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stunning car, but reeks mid life crisis

Reeks of a love and appreciation for fine automobiles to me.

 

[Koronin]

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stunning car, but reeks mid life crisis

Reeks of a love and appreciation for fine automobiles to me.

Especially a love and appreciation for sweet sports cars.

 

[Angliru]

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stunning car, but reeks mid life crisis

Reeks of a love and appreciation for fine automobiles to me.

Especially a love and appreciation for sweet sports cars.

Plus he just won the wcrr. What kind of crisis or insecurity would he be having just now?

 

[Koronin]

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stunning car, but reeks mid life crisis

Reeks of a love and appreciation for fine automobiles to me.

Especially a love and appreciation for sweet sports cars.

Plus he just won the wcrr. What kind of crisis or insecurity would he be having just now?

Exactly. I'd say it's a reward.

 

[Forever The Best]

It's just a shame his car will be slow and will have many engine problems.

 

[mariposa]

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stunning car, but reeks mid life crisis

Reeks of a love and appreciation for fine automobiles to me.

Especially a love and appreciation for sweet sports cars.

Plus he just won the wcrr. What kind of crisis or insecurity would he be having just now?

Exactly. I'd say it's a reward.

Apparently it was a weekend loan car. One of the perks of being the World champion.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

It's just as good as my Toyota Verso at getting stuck in traffic. :lol:

 

[Koronin]

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stunning car, but reeks mid life crisis

Reeks of a love and appreciation for fine automobiles to me.

Especially a love and appreciation for sweet sports cars.

Plus he just won the wcrr. What kind of crisis or insecurity would he be having just now?

Exactly. I'd say it's a reward.

Apparently it was a weekend loan car. One of the perks of being the World champion.[/quote]


I knew he hadn't bought it. A friend said when they asked he just said it was a gift.

 

[Koronin]

Here's an interview with Alejandro for anyone interested in reading it in Spanish. (No English translation).

I thought one of the cutest parts of the interview is when he talks about his daughter after he'd won the worlds and he says she asks him Why are you crying if you won?

Here's the link: https://www.xlsemanal.com/personajes/20181205/alejandro-valverde-ciclismo-campeon-mundo-historia.html#ns_campaign=rrss&ns_mchannel=xlsemanal&ns_source=fb&ns_fee=0&ns_linkname=sem49-personajes-valverde

 

[Koronin]

New sunglasses and helmet.

Although not wearing the new helmet on all his rides as these pictures is from today while out with his U-23 and Junior teams.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Ey, looking fresh.

Now please dont ride the Tour de France.

 

[Angliru]

They remind me of a Bolle' glasses design from way back in the day.

 

[Red Rick]

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/radiogaceta-de-los-deportes/alejandro-valverde-partir-2021-no-voy-correr-mas/4899396/

So Valverde now talking about retiring after 2021.

Chris Horner can sleep easy

 

[Koronin]

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http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/radiogaceta-de-los-deportes/alejandro-valverde-partir-2021-no-voy-correr-mas/4899396/

So Valverde now talking about retiring after 2021.

Chris Horner can sleep easy

He has 3 years to change his mind. A year or so ago he was talking about 2020 possibly being it.

 

[Nirvana]

He said that from 2021 he won't ride anymore so he means that 2020 will be his last year, nothing new considering that recently he set the end of his career at Tokyo.

 

[Koronin]

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He said that from 2021 he won't ride anymore so he means that 2020 will be his last year, nothing new considering that recently he set the end of his career at Tokyo.

He's said that he's going to race through 2021 a few times since he won the Worlds. He's also said that he's going to race the entire 2020 season and not end his career in Tokyo.

 

[Koronin]

Alejandro did a video with the help of Movistar to talk about his Worlds win.
This is the You Tube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqEN5h-Dko&feature=youtu.be

This is a link to Movistar's facebook page as they have the video on their page with English subtitles for those who don't understand Spanish very well:
https://www.facebook.com/movistarteam/?__tn__=%2CdkCH-R-R&eid=ARCAzdAJUKwFZVGr77tWyruasMEH1LuGdmE0ixEe4Hiue2rBTh2HiI-Leuc4AzLEv9Qaf-2uFDuVMyW3&hc_ref=ARQXy3bhy8sGjUEvzEfAJQ4qAD-xfimis5sTggHzkFnJ0_pMCzT6CAl056hkr28ISq8&fref=nf&hc_location=group

 

[Red Rick]

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He said that from 2021 he won't ride anymore so he means that 2020 will be his last year, nothing new considering that recently he set the end of his career at Tokyo.

He's said that he's going to race through 2021 a few times since he won the Worlds. He's also said that he's going to race the entire 2020 season and not end his career in Tokyo.

He's seen the reception at Contador's last Vuelta. I imagine Valverde's won't be too shabby either if he announces it beforehand.

Honestly always thought it was weird when Purito retired after Rio when that Vuelta had like 124094 murito's

 

[Koronin]

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He said that from 2021 he won't ride anymore so he means that 2020 will be his last year, nothing new considering that recently he set the end of his career at Tokyo.

He's said that he's going to race through 2021 a few times since he won the Worlds. He's also said that he's going to race the entire 2020 season and not end his career in Tokyo.

He's seen the reception at Contador's last Vuelta. I imagine Valverde's won't be too shabby either if he announces it beforehand.

Honestly always thought it was weird when Purito retired after Rio when that Vuelta had like 124094 murito's

I never understood Purito's thought process on that either.

 

[Nirvana]

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He said that from 2021 he won't ride anymore so he means that 2020 will be his last year, nothing new considering that recently he set the end of his career at Tokyo.

He's said that he's going to race through 2021 a few times since he won the Worlds. He's also said that he's going to race the entire 2020 season and not end his career in Tokyo.

If he said "A partir de 2021 no voy a correr mas" he means beginning from so 2021 will be the first year without racing otherwise he would have said "A la fin de 2021".
But it's not the first time he indicates 2020 as last year, i cited Tokyo because he said that he wanted to ride until Tokyo in the two interviews before Lombardia. But he can change his mind, i remember Museeuw saying after 1996 Tour that he wouldn't have returned to the Tour anymore and at the end the following year he would have quitted with cycling but in the end he returned in France another couple of times and he rode another half decade.
Well a bit probably he already changed his mind, i remember some interviews early this year in which he said he was unsure about continuing beyond 2019.

 

[Koronin]

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He said that from 2021 he won't ride anymore so he means that 2020 will be his last year, nothing new considering that recently he set the end of his career at Tokyo.

He's said that he's going to race through 2021 a few times since he won the Worlds. He's also said that he's going to race the entire 2020 season and not end his career in Tokyo.

If he said "A partir de 2021 no voy a correr mas" he means beginning from so 2021 will be the first year without racing otherwise he would have said "A la fin de 2021".
But it's not the first time he indicates 2020 as last year, i cited Tokyo because he said that he wanted to ride until Tokyo in the two interviews before Lombardia. But he can change his mind, i remember Museeuw saying after 1996 Tour that he wouldn't have returned to the Tour anymore and at the end the following year he would have quitted with cycling but in the end he returned in France another couple of times and he rode another half decade.
Well a bit probably he already changed his mind, i remember some interviews early this year in which he said he was unsure about continuing beyond 2019.

He's said a couple of times after Lombardia that he would race 2021.

Also in a few newspapers he's quoted "En 2021 dejaré ciclista profesional"and many of the Spaniards are saying we get 3 more years. In one interview he said 2020 or 2021 would likely be his last year, and he wasn't sure. He's also been quoted as saying that as long as he's winning and having fun he's not going to retire.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lets pump the breaks about all the retirement stuff, he has at least two more years left. I realize its posted earlier in the thread, but this will more or less be his schedule:

Mallorca (probably only the two harder classics)
Valenciana
Murcia
UAE
Strade
Sanremo
Catalunya
Dwars
Ronde
Amstel
Fleche
Liege
Giro

Burgos (I added that, he should do one race before La Vuelta and this is the natural one all things considered)
Vuelta
Worlds
Emilia (I cant imagine he he doing much more of the Italian classics before Lombardia after this heavy schedule and he also needs this)
Lombardia

Its an insanely nice schedule IMO. Had I played PCM these are pretty much the races I would want him to race. I have said several times that I really dislike the Middle East races and I enjoy watching him a lot more in Andalucia, but thats not a big deal. Paris-Nice obviously also would have been nice as he really miss that race on his palmarés, but yeah. You can't do everything and when you have the Giro later and also would do a bit more heavy a classics schedule than usual, its the right thing to do. Really looking forward to his season with this great choice of races.

 

[Red Rick]

Murcia is one day right?

Insane schedule before the Giro.