Alejandro Valverde was recorded Sunday in northern France, the Criterium of Marquette-lez-Lille.
The "Route des As", which celebrated its 15 th edition, mostly played behind derny with two qualifying series.
Valverde, who was 5th in the 1 st series, then scored the final brought together the top 12 in each series.
"It shows very particular and very hard, but very popular in northern Europe and I was very shocked the presence of the public who had come very large," said the champion of Spain, who will be in Paris tomorrow Trophy winner 2008 UCI ProTour classification.
Source: Pascale Schyns