From roadcycling.com
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Spanish Team Movistar captain Alejandro Valverde says his strong performance in the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under has relieved some of the pressure after returning from a two-year doping ban.
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• Valverde racing for first time since two-year doping ban• Simon Gerrans retains the leader's Ochre jerseySpaniard Alejandro Valverde claimed an emotional Tour Down Under stage five victory by the narrowest of margins over local favourite Simon Gerrans but could not prevent his Australian rival from seizing the leader's Ochre jersey on Saturday.At the end of the 151.5km trek from McLaren Vale to Old Willunga Hill, Moviestar rider Valverde...
From guardian.co.uk
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- Valverde edges stage, Gerrans claims lead (radionz.co.nz)
- Simon Gerrans wins Tour Down Under (msnbc.msn.com)
The return of Alejandro Valverde to competition this year after a doping sanction could threaten Belgian Philippe Gilbert’s triple Ardennes Classics defence. It’s good that finally he paid for what he did in the past so now he can look at everybody ...
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From api.bing.com
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Stage favourite Alejandro Valverde's Movistar team has taken control of the chase, with Radioshack's Jens Voight also prominent. The riders are heading towards McLaren Vale along Pennys Hill Rd. AUSSIE Nathan Haas has secured the opening King of the ...
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From api.bing.com
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Spain's Alejandro Valverde of Team Movistar made an emotional return from a two-year doping ban by winning the fifth and longest stage of the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under earlier today, closing in on overall victory in the first event of the 2012 UCI WorldTour.
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From roadcycling.com
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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Spain's Alejandro Valverde won the fifth and longest stage of the Tour Down Under on Saturday to remnain in position to race for the overall victory in his return from a two-year doping ban. Valverde outsprinted ...
From api.bing.com
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that's stretching it a tad as I live in Ultimo in Sydney - and the closest I can compare it to is the walk home up William Henry Street after doing my hard earn at the dogs in the last at Wentworth Park on any other Saturday night. Nathan Haas, the young ...
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The gap to the group of six breakaway riders (AG2R La Mondiale's Kristof Goddaert rejoined the race leaders after running repairs on his bike at Snapper Point) is 3min 35secs. THE breakaway riders have again chosen not to contest the second intermediate sprint.
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Australian champion Simon Gerrans took possession of the Tour Down Under leader's jersey in a dramatic fifth and penultimate stage won by Spaniard Alejandro Valverde Saturday.Heading into Sunday's 90 km race around Adelaide, Gerrans, of GreenEdge, is on the same time as Movistar team leader Valverde.In a thrilling end to the 150 km stage, which started in McLaren Vale and finished on Old Willunga Hill, Valverde pipped Gerrans in an uphill...
From france24.com
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- Valverde wins on Willunga (api.bing.com)
Spanish cycling star Alejandro Valverde said Wednesday that his time away from racing due to a two-year doping suspension has given him new perspective on the sport. Valverde was banned for two years from January 2010 after being implicated in Operation Puerto, a blood-doping ring in Spain involving more than 50 riders. He gave up the No. 1 world ranking in the process.
From feedburner.com
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Overview
Alejandro Valverde is a professional cyclist and Tour de France rider. Le Tour de France is a long-distance stage race competition for professional cycling teams.
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