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Tadej Valjavec

1977 - Today

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Tadej Valjavec (born 13 April 1977 in Kranj) is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who last competed for the Sava team. He is well known as a good climber due to his rides on mountain stages in the Giro d'Italia. Although he has achieved relatively few professional wins in his career, he has consistently performed well in the Grand Tours, with three top ten and four further top 20 finishes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Tadej Valjavec is the 547th most popular cyclist (up from 604th in 2024), the 182nd most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 199th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovene Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Tadej Valjavec ranks 546 out of 1,613. Before him are Chris Boardman, Elia Viviani, Wout Poels, Silvio Martinello, and Thomas Frischknecht. After him are Edvald Boasson Hagen, Sylvain Chavanel, Johan Capiot, Juan Antonio Flecha, Michael Albasini, Julien Absalon, and Manuel Beltrán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Tadej Valjavec ranks 474. Before him are Meera, Bryan Johnson, Michael Brown, Bilal Ag Acherif, Tamer Hosny, and Choi Kang-hee. After him are Andrius Skerla, Guzel Yakhina, Elisa, Nozomi Hiroyama, Ambra Angiolini, and Juan Antonio Flecha.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Tadej Valjavec ranks 182 out of 340. Before him are Lučka Kajfež Bogataj (1957), Katarina Čas (1976), Andrej Komac (1979), Mišo Brečko (1984), Goran Dragić (1986), and Marko Šuler (1983). After him are Benjamin Verbič (1993), Tinkara Kovač (1978), Luka Šulić (1987), Miran Pavlin (1971), Bojan Prešern (1962), and Alenka Cuderman (1961).

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Among CYCLISTS In Slovenia

Among cyclists born in Slovenia, Tadej Valjavec ranks 3. Before him are Tadej Pogačar (1998), and Primož Roglič (1989). After him are Andrej Hauptman (1975), Borut Božič (1980), Matej Mohorič (1994), Janez Brajkovič (1983), Gorazd Štangelj (1973), Simon Špilak (1986), Jan Tratnik (1990), Grega Bole (1985), and Jan Polanc (1992).

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