PARIS (Reuters) - Spain's Alejandro Valverde will skip next year's Tour de France as he feels he will not be among the favourites and his Movistar team have what it takes to win it without him. I don't want (to do) the Tour," Valverde told Spanish daily El Pais on Monday. "I will dedicate myself to the Giro, the Vuelta and the world championships which will be very hard." The 37-year-old Valverde, third overall in the 2015 Tour, is likely to be among the leading favourites for the world title on a mountainous circuit in Innsbruck, Austria. He has six medals at the world championships between 2003 and 2014, but has never won gold.

Source: thestar October 09, 2017 10:52 UTC