Tadej Valjavec

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Tadej Valjavec

Tadej Valjavec in the Lampre-Fondital uniform
Personal information
Full name	Tadej Valjavec
Date of birth	April 13, 1977 (age 29)
Country	Slovenia
Height	1.71 m
Weight	59 kg
Team information
Current team	Lampre-Fondital
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional team(s)
2000-2003 2004-2005 2006-	Fassa Bortolo Phonak Lampre-Fondital
Major wins
National Champion (2003)
Infobox last updated on:
January 11, 2007

Tadej Valjavec (born April 13, 1977 in Kranj) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Lampre-Fondital. He is well known as a good climber due to his amazing rides on Giros king mountain stages.

Contents 1 Major achievements 1.1 Tour de France record 1.2 Giro d'Italia record 1.3 Vuelta a España record 2 External links

[edit] Major achievements

2000

• Member, Summer Olympics Road Race

2003

•  Slovenia National Cycling Championships Road Race
• 1st, Settimana Lombardi
• 4th, Overall, Tour de Romandie

2004

• 2nd, Stage 16, Vuelta a España
• Member, Summer Olympics Road Race

[edit] Tour de France record

• 2006 17th overall

[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

Official Website: http://www.tadejvaljavec.com/en/
Fanclub-Website: http://www.valjo-kksava.com/en/index.php?pageid=3

Riders on Lampre-Fondital
Fabio Baldato  | Alessandro Ballan | Daniele Bennati | Matteo Bono | Paolo Bossoni | Marzio Bruseghin | Giampaolo Caruso | Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega | Claudio Corioni | Damiano Cunego | Giuliano Figueras | Paolo Fornaciari | Enrico Franzoi | Francesco Gavazzi | David Loosli | Marco Marzano | Massimiliano Mori | Danilo Napolitano | Morris Possoni | Daniele Righi | Gorazd Stangelj | Sylvester Szmyd | Paulo Tiralongo | Tadej Valjavec |  Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea
Manager
Giuseppe Saronni