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Then he got into blood doping, denied and denied and denied when he got found out, tried to escape justice and was protected by his national federation (who have history when it comes to ensuring their star names get off scot free), only to have the UCI and WADA appeal to CAS and get him banned. When he returned he refused to accept he'd done anything wrong.
The sport would be in a far better place if it didn't welcome back cheats like Valverde with open arms.
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Alejandro “El Imbatido / The Unbeaten” Valverde Belmonte grew up in a cycling family, and was given his first bike by his father – an amateur rider – at the age of six.
Aged eleven he placed second in his very first race, and two weeks after took his first victory. Valverde dominated the junior field in Spain, and won nearly every race, in which he participated, for the following five years. He was in fact so good that parents tried to convince him not to race certain event to allow other kids the opportunity to win.