GRENOBLE, France, June 15, 2008 (AFP) – Factfile on Dauphine Libere winner Alejandro Valverde:

Date of birth: April 25, 1980
Place of birth: Las Lumbreras, Spain
Nationality: Spanish

Height: 1.78m
Weight: 61kg

Sport/discipline: cycling/road

Teams: Kelme (2002-2004), Iles Baleares and Caisse d’Epargne (from 2005).

Principal honors:
One-day races:
Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2006, 2008; 2nd in 2007
Fleche Wallonne 2006
GP of Villafranca 2003; Klasica Primavera 2003, 2004; Paris-Camembert 2008
2nd world championship 2003 and 2005; 3rd in 2006

Stage races:
Dauphine Libere 2008 (plus winner of two stages)
Tour of Valencia 2004 and 2007, Tour of Murcia 2004, 2007 and 2008, Tour of Burgos 2004
Five stage of Tour of Basque country (1 in 2003, 1 in 2004, 2 in 2005, 1 in 2006), one stage Paris-Nice (2005), one stage of Tour of Romandie (2006)

Major Tours:
Tour de France: 6th in 2007. Stage winner in 2005 (Courchevel).
Tour of Spain: 2nd in 2006, 3rd in 2003, 4th in 2004. Winner of four stages
(2 in 2003, 1 in 2004, 1 in 2006).