Tadej Valjavec
.jpg) Valjavec at the 2007 Tour de France |
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| Full name | Tadej Valjavec | ||
| Born | April 13, 1977  Slovenia |
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| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Zheroquadro Radenska | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climbing specialist | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2000–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 2008–2010 2011– |
Fassa Bortolo Phonak Lampre-Fondital Ag2r-La Mondiale Zheroquadro Radenska |
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| Infobox last updated on December 24, 2007 |
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Tadej Valjavec (born April 13, 1977 in Kranj) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Zheroquadro Radenska. 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 twenty finishes.
On May 4, 2010 Valjavec's name was released as being one of several riders under investigation by the UCI for "irregular blood values".[1] He was provisionally suspended by Ag2r-La Mondiale and pulled from their squad for the impending Giro d'Italia. Team manager Vincent Lavenu stated that should the Slovenian cycling federation sanction him, he would be fired.[2] Valjavec has proclaimed his innocence and claimed an unreported illness is responsible for the values.[3] On July 30, the Slovenian federation officially cleared Valjavec, criticizing the usage of the biological passport in this case stating that it failed to take into account the possible natural reasons for Valjavec's irregular levels. The UCI will likely appeal the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[4]
On April 22, 2011 The Court of Arbitration for Sport set aside the decision to exonerate the athlete from any doping offense and imposed a two-year ban on him starting on 20 January 2011, as well as the disqualification of all his results obtained between 19 April and 30 September 2009.[5]
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[edit] Major achievements
- 2000
- Member, Summer Olympics Road Race
- 2002
- 1st, Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 2003
Slovenia National Cycling Championships Road Race- 4th, Overall, Tour de Romandie
- 2004
- Member, Summer Olympics Road Race
- 2007
- Slovenia National Cycling Championships Road Race
- 4th, Paris–Nice
- 3rd, Ruta del Sol
- 2nd, Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 2009
- 7th, Overall Tour de Suisse
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
[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
- 2008: 13th Overall, 10th Stage 15 and 9th Stage 20
- 2009: 8th overall
[edit] Vuelta a España record
- 2004: 2nd Stage 16
[edit] References
- ^ "UCI Confirm Valjavec investigation". http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=Njg2NQ&MenuId=MTk0OA&LangId=1&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuID%3DMTk0OA.
- ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ag2r-team-manager-furious-with-valjavec
- ^ "Valijavec Claims Innocence". http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valjavec-claims-innocence-in-biological-passport-case.
- ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valjavec-cleared-by-slovenian-anti-doping-agency
- ^ http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-4746-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1/
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Tadej Valjavec at Trap-Friis.dk
