In an exclusive interview with Cyclingnews, Eusebio Unzué, manager of the number one-ranked Movistar team, explains that Alejandro Valverde's exclusive goal in the 2016 Tour de France will be to support teammate Nairo Quintana. Valverde, WorldTour winner for the past two seasons, will have his eye on the Giro d’Italia, and in his debut in the Italian Grand Tour he will be going for pink.
Cyclingnews: Before talking about the Giro, there are some other big changes for Valverde in 2016. It’s also emerged last week that Alejandro will race in the Tour of Flanders next year for the first time, but can we assume he’ll be back there in Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege as well?
Eusebio Unzué: Yes, that’s correct. He’s always done well in those two races.
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CN: So why is he doing Flanders in 2016? Does he need new challenges?
EU: In that particular sense, he’s very straightforward, because luckily, he doesn’t need new challenges to continue to be motivated. But I don’t want that to stop Alejandro from experiencing the magic of a start of of Tour of Flanders, even if it’s a race where he’ll be finding out what he can do. The other reason why I want him to do Flanders is that he knows what the Belgium of the Ardennes is like, so I want him to experience the other kind of Belgian racing, the Belgium of the pavés.
CN: If he’s doing Flanders, does that mean he’d have to do some of the earlier races as well, too, like, say, Dwars Door Vlaanderen and E3 Harelbeke?
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