Valverde withdraws from the Vuelta after falling down an embankment

The first mountain stage was loaded with dynamite through the mountains of Alicante. It was missing someone to put a spark. And it was the oldest, Alejandro Valverde, who attacked on the ascent to Collado, the penultimate pass, with the intention of destroying Roglic’s team, the Jumbo. Carapaz and Yates went with him, but on a curve it was downhill