Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad.
Valverde at the 2005 Tour de France
Valverde at the 2006 Tour de France
Valverde at the 2008 Vuelta a España, wearing the blue jersey of points classification leader.
The 2015 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was a one-day cycling classic that took place in the Belgian Ardennes on 26 April 2015. It was the 101st edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège one-day cycling race and was the fourth cycling monument of the 2015 season. It was part of the 2015 UCI World Tour and was organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour de France.
Eddy Merckx, photographed here during the 1967 Giro d'Italia, holds the record for the most wins in Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
The Côte de La Redoute, photographed in 2007. Messages from fans to the riders can be seen painted on the road.
The view from the top of the final climb in Ans. The flamme rouge can be seen in the background.