Alejandro Valverde to ride Tour de France and Vuelta a España following injury comeback

The Spaniard will return to racing at the French stages race, the Route d’Occitanie, according to a report

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Alejandro Valverde will ride the Tour de France and Vuelta a España after he makes his comeback from injury suffered in April, according to Spanish site Marca.

The world champion crashed in training in the build-up to Liège-Bastogne-Liège, suffering a bone edema - a build-up of fluid in his bone marrow - in his sacrum.

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Richard Windsor