Movistar ready to send Valverde, Landa and Quintana to Tour de France

Movistar’s three team leaders for 2018 - Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde and new signing Mikel Landa - could all ride the Tour de France next July. The three-pronged attack would provide the Spanish squad with multiple options to take on defending champion Chris Froome (Team Sky).

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.