Alejandro Valverde faces the last week of the Tour as a strong leader

With 31 seconds of advantage over Robert Gesink and 1:10 on Samuel Sanchez, Olympic gold, Alejandro Valverde should have no problem in keeping the gold jersey to Madrid, where the winner crowned Tour of Spain, his first major three-week race.

Alejandro Valverde has always been in the crosshairs of critics and skeptics have attacked him saying he is not worth a broker for long runs, if not for a week and classical. The wear Oscar Pereiro suffered in recent races and was rewarded not by the lack of success of the Caisse Epargne fed these criticisms and the runner Murcia, winner of the UCI ProTour, could not take off.

But this time everything is planned to be different, because Alejandro Valverde has demonstrated its superiority over rivals in the Tour of Spain and is a week of winning his first major Tour. A grand prize for a great runner. That yes, both Gesink, Samuel Sanches and Ivan Basso will be willing to make things difficult for the Spanish.

"What remains is teamwork," said Alejandro Valverde, and if anything can be proud of your team is one of the most regular. All the luck in the world for Alejandro Valverde and strange situations that arise which may lead to a bad outcome, or what anyone ever wants, injuries or falls.

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