Adelaide, Australia — Spanish cycling star Alejandro Valverde said Wednesday that his time away from racing due to a two-year doping suspension has given him new perspective on the sport.Valverde was banned for two years from January 2010 after being implicated in Operation Puerto, a blood-doping ring in Spain involving more than 50 riders. He gave up the No. 1 world ranking in the process.The 31-year-old Valverde makes his return to racing at the Jan. 15-22 Tour Down Under in South Australia, the opening ProTour event of the year. He'll lead the all-Spanish Movistar team."I'm starting to looking at things a little bit differently because I had sort of taken a back seat from cycling," Valverde said through the translator.
No comments:
Post a Comment