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Alejandro Valverde

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Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad. During his road racing career, Valverde took 133 professional victories, with some of his biggest wins having been the Vuelta a España in 2009, the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009, the Tour of the Basque Country in 2017, the Volta a Catalunya in 2009, 2017 and 2018, Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2017, La Flèche Wallonne in 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 2008 and 2014, the 2006 and 2008 UCI ProTours, the 2014 and 2015 UCI World Tours, and the road race in the 2018 World Championships. Prior to his Worlds win, he already held the record for most medals won at World Championships – he twice collected the silver medal in the World Championships, in 2003 and 2005, as well as the bronze four times in 2006, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alejandro Valverde is the 187th most popular cyclist (up from 216th in 2019), the 1,478th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,661st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Alejandro Valverde ranks 187 out of 1,613. Before him are Johny Schleck, Harm Ottenbros, Angelo Conterno, Carlo Clerici, Jef Planckaert, and Giovanni Bramucci. After him are Willy Planckaert, Francisco Cepeda, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, Mauro Gianetti, Ryszard Szurkowski, and Antonio Bailetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Alejandro Valverde ranks 88. Before him are Yasuhito Endō, Nur Fettahoğlu, Brett Goldstein, Cicinho, Melissa Rauch, and Gareth Evans. After him are Christian Poulsen, Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Vanessa Lachey, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kim So-yeon, and Gong Hyo-jin.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alejandro Valverde ranks 1,478 out of 3,355. Before him are Valentín Paz-Andrade (1898), Eduardo González Valiño (1911), José Luis Capón (1948), José Luis López Vázquez (1922), Humfrid (null), and José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775). After him are Michael López-Alegría (1958), José Muguerza (1911), Belén Rueda (1965), Juan José Millás (1946), Pedro Artola (1948), and Andrés Palop (1973).

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Among CYCLISTS In Spain

Among cyclists born in Spain, Alejandro Valverde ranks 13. Before him are Bernardo Ruiz (1925), Pedro Delgado (1960), Carlos Sastre (1975), Vicente Trueba (1905), Delio Rodríguez (1916), and Fernand Sanz (1881). After him are Francisco Cepeda (1906), Domingo Perurena (1943), Emilio Rodríguez (1923), Francisco Gabica (1937), Antonio Suárez (1932), and Jesús Loroño (1926).

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