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Updated Monday, October 5, 2009 11:01 am TWN, AFP

Season over for embattled Vuelta champion Valverde

PARIS -- Tour of Spain champion Alejandro Valverde has brought his season to a premature end admitting he needs rest before beginning to plan his race objectives for next season.

Valverde was due to compete in the Paris-Bourges race on Thursday and the Paris-Tours one-day classic next weekend but after discussions with his Caisse d'Epargne team he has decided to hang up his bike.

“I need to rest both mentally and physically before thinking towards next season and resuming training,” said Valverde, who will compete in a few criterium races in the coming weeks.

As well as the three-week Tour of Spain, known popularly as the Vuelta, Valverde also won the Tour of Catalunya and Dauphine Libere stage races earlier this season.

However Valverde failed to live up to expectations and win a medal at the world road race championships last week when Australia's Cadel Evans won the rainbow jersey in Mendrisio Switzerland.

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