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Alejandro Valverde wins dramatic road race to become World Champion at 38 - Eurosport
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Alejandro Valverde - The world's #3 best pro rider
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Alejandro Valverde is the 2018 Road World Champion!
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Valverde grabs rainbow jersey • The Associated Press
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EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday! - PezCycling News
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Jonathan Leiva receives Valverde's rainbow bike from Red Cross campaign
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Alejandro Valverde - Wikipedia
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Alejandro Valverde wins the men's world road race championships – as it happened, Cycling
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Alejandro Valverde wants to continue making history - Líder en deportes
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Alejandro Valverde claims first World title ahead of Romain Bardet and Michael Woods.
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Alejandro Valverde will ride the Tour de France all the way to Paris to prepare for Tokyo 2020
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