Alejandro Valverde’s Giro d’Italia in doubt after birthday training crash

The world champion may be forced to abandon his Grand Tour plans due to his injuries

Alejandro Valverde at the 2019 Milan-San Remo
(Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Alejandro Valverde may be forced to abandon plans to ride the Giro d’Italia after he suffered nasty injuries in a training crash on his birthday.

The Movistar rider came down three days before Liège-Bastogne-Liège, later abandoning the final spring Monument just over 100km from home.

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