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Alejandro Valverde & Andrey Amador inspect three stages of 2016 Giro

  • Ron 

Following their participation in Tirreno-Adriatico and before Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo, Movistar riders Alejandro Valverde and Andrey Amador, along with sports director Chente García Acosta and PR officer Sebastián Unzué started inspection of three stages from this year’s Giro d’Italia. The pair took on 5300 meters of climbing over six mountain passes in the Dolomites on their recon.

The two allrounders covered nearly 150km from stage 14, starting in Alpago and finishing at Corvara Alta Badia, over the ‘Passi’ of Pordoi, Sella, Gardena, Campolongo, Giau and Valparola, for a total exceeding 5,300m of elevation gain.

Amador, fourth-placed in last season’s ‘Corsa Rosa’, and Valverde, the UCI World’s No. 1 in 2015, will also inspect the Alpe di Siusi mountain TT (stage 15) and the ascents of Mendola and Fai della Paganella, part of stage 16 to Bressanone, on Thursday.

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