Movistar have confirmed that Alejandro Valverde will ride both the Tour of Flanders and the Giro d’Italia for the first time in 2016. The announcement was made on Friday during a media event at the team’s training camp in Pamplona, saying that the plan was to “arrive as fresh as possible” at the Olympic Games.
Earlier this week, Spanish newspaper El Pais revealed that Valverde would make his debut at the Giro d’Italia but the team had said that this was not certain. It seems with this announcement that his participation in the Italian Grand Tour is certain.
The Tour of Flanders will also be a new entry in the 35-year-old's calendar in 2016 and will be used as preparation for the corsa rosa. Valverde has some experience on the cobbles after riding Dwars door Vlaanderen and E3 Harelbeke in 2014 in preparation for the cobbled stages at that year’s Tour de France. He coped well and finished in the main group behind winner Niki Terpstra at Dwars.
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Movistar also confirmed that Valverde’s sole stage race ahead of the Giro would be Tirenno-Adriatico, which he hasn’t ridden since his debut season in 2002.
The Spaniard will be riding a very different programme to his teammate Nairo Quintana, who is set to begin the year at the Tour de San Luis and will also ride the Volta a Catalunya and Vuelta al Pais Vasco.
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