By Daniel Friebe If confirmation were needed that this was a gilded week for Spanish sport, it came from the golden glow of Alejandro Valverde's yellow jersey as he gazed out across the Breton hills in Plumelec last night. Valverde had just won the first stage of the 2008 Tour de France, from Brest to Plumelec, and in doing so set up a memorable Spanish weekend before Rafael Nadal's dual with Roger Federer at Wimbledon this afternoon. More importantly, the Murcian rider had just issued a resounding statement of intent to his rivals for overall victory in Paris on July 27. The Caisse D'Epargne rider triumphed after an irresistible solo attack 400 metres short of a finish-line positioned on the upper slopes of Côte de Cadoudal, confounding those who had predicted a bunch sprint and also conventional wisdom that the first of the...
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