Alejandro Valverde
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Valverde at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full nameAlejandro Valverde Belmonte
NicknameBalaverde(The Green Bullet)
El Bala(The Bullet)
El Imbatido(The Unbeaten)
Born(1980-04-25)25 April 1980(age 42)
Las Lumbreras, Spain
Height1.77 m (5 ft9+12 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
1989–1998Puente Tocinos
1999Banesto Amateur
2000–2001Kelme–Costa Blanca Amateur
Professional teams
2002–2004Kelme–Costa Blanca
2005–2010Illes Balears–Banesto
2012–Movistar Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
4 individual stages (2005, 2008, 2012)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2016)
Vuelta a España
General classification(2009)
Points classification (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018)
Combination classification (2003, 2009, 2012)
12 individual stages
2 TTT stages (2012, 2014)

Stage races

Critérium du Dauphiné (2008, 2009)
Volta a Catalunya (2009, 2017, 2018)
Tour of the Basque Country (2017)
Abu Dhabi Tour (2018)
Route d'Occitanie (2018, 2019)
Vuelta a Andalucía (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Vuelta a Burgos (2004, 2009)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2004, 2007, 2018)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (2018)
National Road Race Championships (2008, 2015, 2019)
National Time Trial Championships (2014)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2006, 2008, 2015, 2017)
La Flèche Wallonne (2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Clásica de San Sebastián (2008, 2014)
Roma Maxima (2014)
GP Miguel Induráin (2014, 2018, 2021)

Other

UCI ProTour (2006, 2008)
UCI World Tour (2014, 2015)
UCI World Ranking (2018)
Vélo d'Or (2018)
Medal record
Representing Spain
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 InnsbruckRoad race
Silver medal – second place2003 HamiltonRoad race
Silver medal – second place2005 MadridRoad race
Bronze medal – third place2006 SalzburgRoad race
Bronze medal – third place2012 ValkenburgRoad race
Bronze medal – third place2013 FlorenceRoad race
Bronze medal – third place2014 PonferradaRoad race
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2001 TunisRoad race