UCI: Valverde free to race until CAS decides his appeal

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) won the Dauphiné Libéré for the second year in a row.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) won the Dauphiné Libéré for the second year in a row. (Image credit: Sirotti)

Over a month after being told he was not welcome in the Tour de France, Alejandro Valverde topped a victory podium again when he won the Vuelta a Burgos. The Spanish Caisse d'Epargne rider got clear of race leader Tom Danielson (Garmin Slipstream) on the final climb of the race and eked out enough of an advantage to finish twelve seconds ahead of him in the general classification.