Alejandro Valverde is a "universal Murcia who has taken the name of Murcia on five continents", said the Mayor at City Hall welcome after days after his podium in the Tour de France and received the gold medal for Sports Merit awarded the Sports Council last Wednesday.
"It has reaped the greatest successes worldwide and everyone has said is Murcia" said Ballesta, who also has delivered a commemorative plaque in a ceremony also attended by the Councillor Sports and Health, Felipe Coello.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia