'This won't be my last season': Alejandro Valverde plans to continue racing next year aged 42

Movistar's evergreen star man does not want to quit racing after the Olympics

Alejandro Valverde at the 2021 Tour de France
(Image credit: Getty)

Alejandro Valverde has said that he no longer has any plans to retire after the Olympic Games, expressing confidence that he will continue riding next season.

The Spaniard turned 41 on the day he finished fourth at Liège-Bastogne-Liège in April, and the 2018 world champion showed that he is still capable of winning the biggest races when he triumphed on stage six of the Critérium du Dauphiné in June.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

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