Alejandro Valverde will ride the Tour de France all the way to Paris to prepare for Tokyo 2020

The Olympic road race will take place six days after the Tour finishes on the Champs-Élysées

Alejandro Valverde (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Alejandro Valverde will ride the 2020 Tour de France all the way to Paris as his preparation for the Tokyo Olympic road race, his Movistar boss has said.

Eusebio Unzué has said the French Grand Tour isn't the "ideal preparation" for a rider hoping to claim a gold medal on Japanese roads, but that he doesn't think it will pose a problem for his former world champion.

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