VALVERDE, favorite FOR TEST ON ROUTE.

The Murcian Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’espagne) as a favorite to revalidate the title of Champion of Spain cycling route, which will be held tomorrow in Cantabria on a circuit which will complete three laps for a total of 196 kilometers.

The race will begin and end in Comillas in Soplao The Cave, one of the natural wonders of the region, which will premiere for the highly competitive cycling. In total 196 kilometers, with three laps to a circuit with Hayuela as the main difficulty, then to El Soplao itr, whose first ramps are the hardest to 12%, but then lower the rate to 4%

Valverde, in the form after recently winning the prestigious “Dauphine Libere,” comes out as a favorite to repeat triumph after his victory last year in Talavera de Reina. If the Murcian fails, the Caisse d’Espagne has more bullets in the room with men like Oscar Pereiro, Dani Moreno and David Arroyo, who defended well in circuits like this mountain.

The other teams will try to break this favorable outlook to the team of Valverde. Euskaltel-Euskadi will battle with men who are stronger for the Tour, as Mikel Astarloza, Igor Antón and Amets Txurruca.

He also hopes will compete with the Spaniards joined the American Rock Racing. Oscar Sevilla, second last year, and Francisco Mancebo outnumbered party, but in great form after the Tour of excellent Colombia. For its part, the Fuji-Servetto leave with two cyclists in the region to David de la Fuente and Juanjo Cobo.

Among the list of options for cyclists with the victory also contains the names of Xavier Tondo (Andalucía-Caja Sur), Adrián Palomares and Julián Sánchez (Contentpolis-COPE), Ezequiel Mosquera and David Garcia (Xacobeo) and Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Ceruelo ).

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