Tadej Valjavec

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Tadej Valjavec
Valjavec at the 2007 Tour de France
Valjavec at the 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Tadej Valjavec
Date of birth April 13, 1977 (1977-04-13) (age 31)
Country Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team Ag2r-La Mondiale
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climbing specialist
Professional team(s)
2000–2003
2004–2005
2006–2007
2008–		 Fassa Bortolo
Phonak Hearing Systems
Lampre-Fondital
Ag2r-La Mondiale
Major wins
Flag of Slovenia National Champion (2003)
Infobox last updated on:
December 24, 2007

Tadej Valjavec (born April 13, 1977 in Kranj) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Ag2r-La Mondiale. He is well known as a good climber due to his rides on mountain stages in the Giro d'Italia.

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[edit] Major achievements

2000
Member, Summer Olympics Road Race
2002
1st, Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
2003
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia National Cycling Championships Road Race
4th, Overall, Tour de Romandie
2004
Member, Summer Olympics Road Race
2007
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia National Cycling Championships Road Race
4th 2007 Paris-Nice
3rd, Ruta del Sol (cycling)
2nd, Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana

[edit] Tour de France record

[edit] Giro d'Italia record

  • 2004: 9th overall
  • 2005: 15th overall, 2nd Stage 14 (Queen stage) and 5th Stage 13
  • 2006: 34th overall

[edit] Vuelta a España record

  • 2004: 2nd Stage 16

[edit] External links

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Riders on Ag2r-La Mondiale


Persondata
NAME Valjavec, Tadej
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1977-04-13
PLACE OF BIRTH Kranj, Slovenia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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