Alejandro Valverde, who has won the Walloon Sword five times in his career, is currently the driver with the most titles at the Walloon Sword.
In his 20-year career, in addition to five titles, there are two runners-up and one third-place finish, and Wednesday's runner-up was on the eve of his 42nd birthday, which obviously means a lot to him.
At present, no one can surpass Valverde in this field, and can achieve such a strong achievement in the Wallon Sword, and even the folk call the Wallon Sword "Valverde's Sword", which shows how much influence he has on the Wallon Sword.
In a post-match interview, he said: "I can only say that I am very satisfied with today's performance, I am very close to victory, when I exerted so much force that my arm hurts more than my thigh. ”
"This runner-up is no less than a victory for me, I have 42 days left, this should be the last wall of my career, although the process is very hard, but at this age can have such a performance, I am already very satisfied, I hope to have the same good results in Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège."
There won't be any more Valverde in the future Sword of Wallonia, but there will certainly be others who will take a hit at his record, especially Wednesday's winner, Dylan Teuns, because he has already won once and knows how to win.
Valverde was only 14 when he first won the Sword of Wallon, and now Turners is 30 years old, enough to prove how long Valverde stayed at the top of the pyramid of the sport.
Valverde said: "Yes, Now Turnes is better than me, congratulations to him from the bottom of my heart. ”
Although the decision to win or lose is the final climb, but also inseparable from the whole team's assistance, without the help of the team, he can not have enough physical strength to participate in the competition at the end. Valverde was very grateful to the team, which gave him a lot of support for the last sword of his career.
"I would like to thank my team for their support throughout the day, they helped me a lot of work up front and perfectly put me in the best sprint position in front of the group before the final climb."
'It was definitely one of the fastest climbs of the Huy Wall ever and sometimes you may feel like you have some leeway at the end of the race, but today it wasn't.
Although exhausted after the game, this success gave Valverde hope of winning in other competitions in the twilight of his career and was happy to see him give his all for the last time in the game.
Edit: Johnny
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