2012 Alejandro Valverde

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valverde @ 2012 tour de france; won seventeenth stage of race.


valverde made return peloton during tour down under, first race of uci world tour season. won race s fifth stage – queen stage of event – out-sprinting greenedge s simon gerrans in two-man sprint in willunga, , finished second overall. earned first overall victory since return, winning february s vuelta andalucía, achieving stage victory during race. valverde finished third in paris–nice, , winning stage 3 showed form upcoming tour de france. in tour de france sat casually in peloton until initiating breakaway in stage 17, held onto after breaking away other 16 riders in breakaway. team sky chased him down, ending 19 seconds adrift. hence valverde won 4th tour de france stage of career.


valverde entered vuelta españa lieutenant defending champion juan josé cobo in movistar team. however, valverde become leader when became apparent cobo not in top form. movistar team started off victory in first stage, team time trial, of vuelta. valverde take lead of general classification, points classification, , combination classification after winning stage 3, in chased down repeated attacks alberto contador , outsprinted joaquim rodríguez @ finishing line. subsequently lose lead rodriguez, won eighth stage atop collada de la gallina in andorra. alberto contador broke away small lead group , looked heading win, rodriguez , valverde passed him less 100 m (330 ft) go, valverde taking win. valverde finished vuelta in second position overall after being constant threat leader, rodriguez until stage 17 contador soloed victory , grabbed lead, not relinquish. valverde snatched both points classification , combination classification jerseys rodriguez result of sixth-place finish on last stage in madrid.


valverde had settle bronze medal in world championships in valkenburg, unable reach philippe gilbert attacked on final climb of cauberg. first of group of 27 riders had 5 seconds deficit on belgian when crossing line. supposed participate in giro di lombardia, announced on morning of race suffering influenza , putting end 2012 season.








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