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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alejandro Valverde heads to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Il Lombardia with an unassailable lead in the UCI WorldTour rankings for the second straight year looking for his ninth win and second monument of the season. The runner-up of the last two editions will lead the Movistar team on his European return to racing afte🅠r finishing fifth at the 𝓡World Championships last weekend.

With just 33 points separating Movistar a🀅nd Katusha in the team WorldTour standings, the 'race of the fal🐈ling leaves' is the final opportunity for the Spanish squad to reclaim its lead and seal a second consecutive victory in the standings.

Valverde's current sole victory of Italian soil was the 2013 edition of Roma Maxima but will start the fifth and finꩲal monument of the season as one of the favourites for the win. Last year Valverde was one second behind Dan Martin in Lombardy, and in 2013 was 17 seconds behind Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha).

Supporting Valverde will be Italian Giovanni Visconti who placed eighth at Milano-Torino this week and Andrey Amador who impressed earlier in the season by finishing fourth overall at the Giro dꦆ'Italia.

Tour de L'Avenir winner Marc Soler and Tour de Pologne winner Ion Izagirre will also provide support throughout the hilly race which features 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:a new, challenging finale. Neo pro ♊Jasha Sütterlin and Javi Moreno complete the e💛ight-rider team.

Movistar for Il Lombardia: Alejandro Valverde, Giovanni Visconti, Andrey Amadorಞ, Ion Izagirre, Marಌc Soler, Jasha Sütterlin, José Joaquín Rojas and Javi Moreno.