Alejandro Valverde's fate and future will be decided on May 11 when the Italian Tribunale nazionale antidoping will hold a disciplinary hearing in Rome and decide if the Spaniard is guilty of doping.
Valverde was recently formally accused of blood doping by the Italian anti-doping investigators after a long investigation and formal questioning in Italy.
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