Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) may be everybody’s favourite for Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but the Spanish veteran is adamant that with a podium finish in Amstel Gold Race and a victory in Flèche Wallonne, the pressure on him to take a victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège is considerably lower than for his rivals.
“I don’t have that kind of stress considering what I’ve already done this week,” Valverde told Cyclingnews. “So the pressure on them is a lot higher, not on me.”
Third in 2013, second in 2014, a third Liège-Bastogne-Liège victory seems on the cards for Valverde, who celebrated his 35th birthday on Saturday. But as a rider as experienced as Valverde knows, two and two don’t always make four in cycling.
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“Well, we’ll see,” he responded cautiously to the idea that mathematical logic indicates he should win. “This is a very hard, complicated race and even if I’m the favourite, it’s never easy to win here.”
Movistar checked out the last 65 kilometres of the route on Friday, including the two climbs, the Rosier and Maquisard, re-introduced between the Haut Levee and la Redoute.
“They’ve changed it a bit, it’s not a huge change,” Valverde said. “So we’ll just have to see how things go tomorrow.”
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