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Or Bilbao? Apparently Valverde picked the team.Why didn't they bring Mas?
During the Tour the excuse was "preparing for the Olympics." Now it's "too tired after the Tour."Spain maybe too tired after Tour
Are the Spanish sick?
Anyone watching on BBC? Smith is in waffle mode and not sure how much more I can take.
During the Tour the excuse was "preparing for the Olympics." Now it's "too tired after the Tour."
It seems that doing the whole Tour wasn't the best option for Valverde
Tbh the final 5km kinda looks like the old AGR route I don't think they need to attack before CaberguI still hope for attacks before Mikuni…
Maybe he needs more time to recover after such a race at his age.
Or he has just had trouble adapting to the climate and time difference. Dont know when they arrived in Japan, but could be a "simple" thing like that. He is human.
Since Fraile dropped so early too I'm sure it's not about Valverde alone, something must be wrong with the team, this is not normal.