Alejandro Valverde did it again on the Mur de Huy and we have the video, race report, result and rider quotes. Add in the women’s Wallonne the Giro del Trentino, Liege & Yorkshire previews and Spartacus returns and it’s a full EuroTrash Thursday. Feet up – coffee.TOP STORY: Spartacus on the way BackFabian Cancellara has got back on the saddle of his Trek with “no pain” after the fall where he fractured two vertebrae last March the 27th in the E3 Harelbeke. A lost spring campaign, no: Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix; his major objective of a fourth victory in both.“After the medical examination and the green light to train. Happy with my first run today without pain,” he Tweeted after 25 days without training.Cancellara had been coming into form after winning a stage in the Tour of Oman and the final time trial in Tirreno-Adriatico, plus 7th in the Milan-San Remo behind John Degenkolb. His comeback is expected to be the Tour of Bavaria (23-27 May) and the Tour of Luxembourg (May 30-June 3).That crash in the E3:Flche-Wallonne 2015Despite the appearance of a new climb in the closing moments of the Flche Wallonne, the decision was made in the last 200m of the race and there wasn’t much anyone could do against flying Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). The new course however proved to make the Grande Finale extremely lively with several attacks occurring including that of rising star Tim Wellens. Calm and composed, Valverde finally made the best of his...
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