Alejandro Valverde is leaving the Tour ... except miracle

On a day pauper meteorologically speaking, the Tour has fired a favorite, unless you make the stage of your life on the L'Angliru. Alejandro Valverde lost 3.23 minutes on arrival at Suances.

60 kilometers from the peloton goal capped a second-class port, the Alto del Caracol, in the middle of a hellish weather. Alejandro Valverde was delayed to take a raincoat Unzúe Eusebio car and ... goodbye Vuelta. Dropped from Murcia was the descent, despite the efforts of his teammates for bringing back to the front of the stage, it was useless. Alejandro Valverde is fired and the Tour of Spain after arriving minutes later than 3.23 favorites to finish.

Another blow for the Murcia, which is accumulated failures in large three-week tour, and thus increases its classic profile broker. The truth is that today's stage by land threw a ridiculous ruling, in a stage that was made to fight for it himself. His teammate, Oscar Pereiro, said, "Alejandro Valverde can not lose the Tour and for this bullshit." Tremendous Failure by a wide corridor, which has proven to be good in every land of cycling en route.

The general remains the same for the other, with leader Egoi Martinez and Alberto Contador to 29 seconds. Carlos Sastre is one minute after Alberto. Morning break. Lastly, the L'Angliru, the queen stage of the Tour of Spain. z