Valverde tops the ProTour rankings

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) looks cool

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) looks cool (Image credit: Sirotti)

The second staging of the UCI's ProTour has finished up with Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) topping the rankings with 285 points. Valverde won this year's Liège-Bastogne-Liège and La Fleche Wallonne, finished second in the Vuelta a España, and Vuelta al Pais Vasco, and although he crashed out of the Tour de France, it was more than enough to seal the victory.

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