In the ProCyclingStat ‘all time’ points classification, Alejandro Valverde is ranked sixth, behind Eddy Merckx, Sean Kelly, Francesco Moser, Roger De Vlaeminck and Bernard Hinault. Valverde ...

Before anyone spotting Alejandro Valverde in a group of riders in Spanish national team kit starts a rumour that he's gone back to being a pro. In fact, it's just Valverde doing part of his job as ...

Barring unlikely last-minute changes of opinion, Alejandro Valverde is set to become Spain's new national team coach in their quest to claim their first gold medal since Valverde himself took the ...

Alejandro Valverde might be retired as a professional rider, but he’s still part of the Movistar organization. The 42-year-old defined his future role with Spain’s lone WorldTour team ...

Alejandro Valverde won the 121-mile stage across Brittany, accelerating past a fading Kim Kirchen in the final 100 yards to take the first yellow jersey of the 95th Tour de France. With last year ...

Here’s how it works. More than four months have passed since Alejandro Valverde was last seen in race action, when the Movistar rider ploughed at high speed into a crash barrier on the opening ...

This time there’s no changing his mind. Alejandro Valverde confirmed he’s racing the closing events of his long and sometimes controversial career with four one-day races in Italy next month.

As fans celebrate Alejandro Valverde's victory south of the Pyrénées -- the headline in Spain's MARCA read "Liège-Valverde-Liège" -- it seems others in the cycling community are less receptive ...

At 37, it feels as if Italy's Vincenzo Nibali has been in the autumn of his career for some time, but that's nothing compared to his Spanish counterpart, Alejandro Valverde, who is climbing off ...

MADRID -- Movistar rider Alejandro Valverde will spend a night under observation in the hospital after he and another cyclist were hit by a car Saturday while training in southern Spain.

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Valverde's 2017 season, one of the best in his career, was cut short in July when he sustained a serious knee injury in a crash during the opening time trial at the Tour. "With the signings the ...