Alejandro Valverde, Ruta Del Sol 2013, prologue

Alejandro Valverde, Ruta Del Sol 2013, prologue

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won the prologue time trial of the 2013 Ruta Del Sol in Spain on Sunday.

Valverde cruised around the six kilometre circuit two seconds ahead of  second-placed Simon Spilak (Katusha), and four seconds ahead of Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) in third and Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) in fourth.

The four-day UCI 2.1-ranked race continues on Monday with a 163.9km road stage from San Fernando to Ubrique. The race concludes on Wednesday February 20.


Bauke Mollema, tenth


Stef Clement, sixth


Jurgen Van Den Broeck, fourth


Tyler Farrar, third


Simon Spilak, second


Alejadnro Valverde, winner


Alejandro Valverde takes the early lead