Six months after Alejandro Valverde decided to hang up his bike, he showed yesterday that he still has bullets in the chamber. The hunger is still intact and the power of him has not diminished. He has only changed the asphalt for gravel, but 'El Bala' has returned to the path of victory with his debut on gravel.
He did it in La Indomable, the first race of the UCI Gravel World Series, series that give access to the Gravel World Championship. Almost 100 kilometers in which Valverde demonstrated his superiority by escaping alone from the start. No one could follow him on this adventure through Almería.
The truth is that 'El Bala' was not the only one who started a new chapter, the Movistar Team also opened the stage. The new section of the telephone team called the Movistar Gravel Squad also debuted at La Indomable.
The section, with men's and women's teams, has started off very strong because apart from the expected victory of Alejandro Valverde, Hayley Simmonds also took third place. New adventures and many successes ahead.
