Valverde, optimistic: “Today, Lombardy. If all goes well, I’ll be one of the favourites.”

Another runner will be upset after staying for a third straight race at the gates of victory, but Alexander ValverdeNope. ‘The bullet‘, who has already accepted all the glories of cycling, is enjoying his last races as a professional, because on Saturday, October 8, he will say goodbye to professional cycling in Il Lomardiain the classic of dead leaves, a proof of the romantic name that could be the title of one of the films of coens brothers.

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For this reason, the Murcian cyclist (42 years old) the first thing he did after getting off the bike was to “thank the team for the great work they have done all the time. From the beginning we took the management of breed with U.A.E, and we have everything under control. Then I said Henry that he also try his options, and finally we reach the sprint. Henry and Einer they did a great job in the last part; It remains only to congratulate Pogacarwhich is faster than me”.

A result, 3rd, where “I have to be very happy; the other day I was second, last Saturday and fourth with Enric’s win, third today… We have to be happy with my last races”.

And, at the end of the appointment on Tuesday, ‘El Bala’ is already focused on Il Lombardía: “Now, Lombardy Saturday If all goes well, I think I’ll be one of the favorites; then, the race, the state of form that day, that you feel good… it may be different, but now, I’m ready to compete in the race. If I’m fine, I prefer the 2022 route to other years.”