Latest ProTour standings: Valverde's lead untouchable
By Hedwig Kröner published
It looks like Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde will take his white jersey of leading ProTour...
It looks like Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde will take his white jersey of leading ProTour rider home with him over the winter. The Spaniard leads second-placed Samuel Sanchez by over a hundred points, which means that even if the Euskaltel rider wins both Paris-Tours and Giro di Lombardia (highly unlikely), he will not be a threat to Valverde. Sanchez made a giant leap on Sunday by winning the Züri Metzgete in Switzerland: he jumped from 9th to second.
ProTour standings after Züri Metzgete, October 1, 2006

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