Valverde, king of the puncheurs in Spain
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) mastered the uphill finish on Saturday at Almaden to claim his second stage win at La Vuelta 18, one week after another punchy finish at Caminito del Rey. This time, the Spanish veteran dominated Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Danny Van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo) after 195.1km covered at blazing speeds. Valverde now has 11 La Vuelta successes...