List of career achievements by Alejandro Valverde
This is a list of career achievements by Alejandro Valverde, a Spanish professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam, Movistar Team. Valverde is noted as a prolific winner of one-day races and stage races.
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Valverde at the 2015 Vuelta a España
Valverde is a four-time National Champion (three road titles, one time trial title) and is also a Grand Tour victor, winning the 2009 Vuelta a España. Valverde also holds a number of records, notably the record for number of victories at La Flèche Wallonne, with five and the number of overall victories at the Vuelta a Andalucía with five. As of 2 February 2021, he has 127 victories as a professional rider.[1]
Major results
- 1997
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 1998
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2001
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 3rd
Road race, Mediterranean Games - 2002
- 7th Circuito de Getxo
- 8th Clásica de Almería
- 9th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
- 2003
- 1st Klasika Primavera
- 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Aragón
- 2nd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st
Combination classification - 1st Stages 9 & 15
- Held
after Stage 20
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 3rd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1st Stages 4a & 5
- 3rd Trofeo Mallorca
- 3rd Trofeo Luis Puig
- 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 5th Trofeo Calvia
- 8th Trofeo Cala Bona-Cala Rajada
- 8th Trofeo Manacor-Porto Cristo
- 2004
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Trofeo Cala Millor
- 1st Klasika Primavera
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Trofeo Luis Puig
- 4th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Stages 3, 4 & 5
- 4th Trofeo Calvia
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 10th GP Miguel Induráin
- 2005
- 1st Trofeo Manacor
- 1st Trofeo Soller
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de France
- Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 7
- 1st
- 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 4th Trofeo Calvia
- 10th Trofeo Alcudia
- 10th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
- 2006
- 1st UCI ProTour
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 7
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Trofeo Sóller
- 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Clásica de Almería
- 8th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2007
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 2nd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
- 3rd Overall Critérium International
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd GP Miguel Induráin
- 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 6th Amstel Gold Race
- 8th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 2008
- 1st UCI ProTour
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 3rd Trofeo Calvia
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Overall Critérium International
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stages 1 & 6
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st
Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Burgos - 1st Klasika Primavera
- 2nd UCI World Ranking
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Combination classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1st
Voided results from 1 January 2010 to 31 May 2010.[2]
- 2010
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2012
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 17 Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 3 & 8
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th UCI World Tour
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2013
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd UCI World Tour
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd Vuelta a Murcia
- 4th GP Miguel Induráin
- 6th Milano–Torino
- 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2014
- 1st UCI World Tour
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Roma Maxima
- 1st GP Miguel Induráin
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2nd Overall Route du Sud
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6
- Held after Stages 2, 6–8
- Held
after Stage 15 - Held after Stages 6–17
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 4th Overall Tour de France
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2015
- 1st UCI World Tour
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 2, 5 & 7
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'es Colomer
- 3rd Overall Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Tour of Oman
- 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 4th Overall Dubai Tour
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th GP Miguel Induráin
- 6th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 7th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2016
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Vuelta a Murcia
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 16
- 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 4th UCI World Tour
- 4th Klasika Primavera
- 5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
- 10th Strade Bianche
- Vuelta a España
- Held after Stage 8
- Held after Stages 10–19
- Held
- 2017
- 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 3, 5 & 7
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Vuelta a Murcia
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
- 7th UCI World Tour
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st GP Miguel Induráin
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 2nd Vuelta a Murcia
- 3rd UCI World Tour
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 4th Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
- 4th Strade Bianche
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 8
- Held after Stages 5 & 7–18
- 1st
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
Combativity award Stage 11 Tour de France- 2019
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 7
- 2nd Overall UAE Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 3rd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 4th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 10th Trofeo Andratx–Lloseta
- 2020
- 2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stage 7
- 10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 10th Pollença–Andratx
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France |
— | — | — | DNF | DNF | 6 | 9 | — | — | — | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | DNF | 14 | 9 | 12 |
| / Vuelta a España |
DNF | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | — | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Paris–Nice |
— | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 / Tirreno–Adriatico |
119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya |
34 | — | 33 | 80 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 10 | NH |
| Tour of the Basque Country |
47 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| Tour de Romandie |
24 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Critérium du Dauphiné |
— | — | — | — | 6 | DNF | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 9 | — | 9 | — | — | 12 |
| Tour de Suisse |
— | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | 130 | 54 | — | 33 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 15 | — | — | 7 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Has not contested during his career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | — | DSQ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 13 | DNF | — | |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 39 | — | 12 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | 11 | 2 | — |
| Classic | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Strade Bianche | Race did not exist | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | 3 | 10 | — | 4 | — | — | ||||
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | NH |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | 11 | 31 | |
| Amstel Gold Race | DNF | — | — | 13 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 21 | — | — | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 19 | 5 | 66 | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | 40 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | — | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | — | |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 157 | — | 61 | — | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | — | — | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 10 | NH |
| Paris–Tours | DNF | — | — | 20 | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Major championships timeline
| Event | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games |
Road race | NH | 46 | Not Held | 12 | Not Held | 18 | Not Held | 30 | Not Held | |||||||||
| World Championships |
Road race | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 37 | 9 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | — | 1 | DNF | 8 |
| National Championships |
Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Road race | — | 2 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
Awards and honours
In 2018, Valverde was the recipient of the Vélo d'Or.[3] He had previously been runner-up to Paolo Bettini in 2006, and third in 2014.
Following his gold medal in the 2018 UCI World Road Race Championships, a section of the N-340 road in Murcia was renamed Avenida Alejandro Valverde (English: Alejandro Valverde Avenue).[4]
References
- "Las 122 victorias de Alejandro Valverde - Ciclo21". Ciclo21 (in Spanish). 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100605053630/http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-4242-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1/
- "Valverde awarded 2018 Velo d'Or by Indurain". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- "Valverde to have street named after him after Worlds win". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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