This is a list of career achievements by Alejandro Valverde, a Spanish professional racing cyclist who raced professionally between 2002 and 2010 and between 2012 and 2022. Valverde is noted as a prolific winner of one-day races and stage races.
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. He won a record seven medals in the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships, winning the rainbow jersey in 2018.
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. He achieved 133 victories as a professional rider, including 17 Grand Tour stage wins.
Major results Gravel
2023 UCI World Series 1st Berja 1st Hutchinson Ranxo 4th UCI World Championships 2024 UCI World Series 1st Berja 2nd National Championships 2025 UCI World Series 1st Castellón
Road Source:
1997 2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships 1998 2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships 2001 1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships 3rd Road race, Mediterranean Games 2002 7th Circuito de Getxo 8th Clásica de Almería 9th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas 2003 (8 pro wins) 1st Klasika Primavera 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Aragón 2nd Road race, UCI World Championships 3rd Overall Vuelta a España 1st Combination classification 1st Stages 9 & 15 Held after Stage 20 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 5th Trofeo Calvia 8th Trofeo Cala Bona-Cala Rajada 8th Trofeo Manacor-Porto Cristo 2004 (15) 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 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 Championships 2nd Trofeo Luis Puig 4th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stage 3 4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3, 4 & 5 4th Trofeo Calvia 6th Road race, UCI World Championships 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 10th GP Miguel Induráin 2005 (6) 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 World Championships 2nd Overall Paris–Nice 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 7 2nd GP Miguel Induráin 4th Trofeo Calvia 10th Trofeo Alcudia 10th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama 2006 (6) 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 3rd Road race, UCI World Championships 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Points classification 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 (5) 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia 1st Stage 4 (ITT) 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2nd Road race, National 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 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 (12) 1st UCI ProTour 1st Road race, National Championships 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT) 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 8th Overall Tour de France 1st Stages 1 & 6 Held after Stages 1–2 Held after Stage 1 2009 (8) 1st Overall Vuelta a España 1st Combination classification 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 Championships 4th Overall Tour de Romandie 7th La Flèche Wallonne 9th Road race, UCI World Championships 9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 1st Combination classification 1st Stages 3 & 5
2010 1st Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 5 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 2 2nd Overall Paris–Nice 2nd GP Miguel Induráin 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 8th La Flèche Wallonne
2012 (7) 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 1st Stage 17 Tour de France 2nd Overall Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st Combination classification 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 3 & 8 2nd Overall Tour Down Under 1st Stage 5 2nd Klasika Primavera 3rd Road race, UCI World Championships 3rd Overall Paris–Nice 1st Stage 3 5th UCI World Tour 9th Overall Tour de Suisse 2013 (4) 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Points classification 1st Prologue & Stage 3 1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2nd Giro di Lombardia 2nd Amstel Gold Race 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián 3rd Road race, UCI World Championships 3rd Overall Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 3rd UCI World Tour 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 3rd Vuelta a Murcia 4th GP Miguel Induráin 5th Time trial, National Championships 6th Milano–Torino 7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 7th La Flèche Wallonne 8th Overall Tour de France 9th Overall Tour de Romandie 2014 (11) 1st UCI World Tour National Championships 1st Time trial 2nd Road race 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Points classification 1st Combination classification 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2 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 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 (8) 1st UCI World Tour 1st Road race, National 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 World Championships 5th GP Miguel Induráin 6th Vuelta a La Rioja 7th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st Stage 4 7th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 (7) 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 1st Points classification 1st Combination classification 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stage 5 1st La Flèche Wallonne 2nd Vuelta a Murcia National 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 2017 (11) 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 3, 5 & 7 1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1st La Flèche Wallonne 1st Vuelta a Murcia 2nd Road race, National Championships 2nd Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx 7th UCI World Tour 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2018 (14) 1st Road race, UCI World Championships 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Overall Route d'Occitanie 1st Points classification 1st Stage 3 1st Overall Abu Dhabi Tour 1st Stage 5 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st GP Miguel Induráin National 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 5th Amstel Gold Race Combativity award Stage 11 Tour de France 2019 (5) 1st Road race, National 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 World Championships 10th Overall Vuelta a España Combativity award Stage 7 10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 10th Pollença–Andratx 2021 (3) 1st GP Miguel Induráin 1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné 2nd Overall Giro di Sicilia 1st Stage 3 3rd La Flèche Wallonne 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 5th Giro di Lombardia 5th Amstel Gold Race 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 8th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni 10th Milano–Torino 2022 (3) 1st Overall O Gran Camiño 1st Points classification 1st Stage 3 1st Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx 2nd La Flèche Wallonne 2nd Strade Bianche 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni 2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 3rd Tre Valli Varesine 4th Overall Route d'Occitanie 4th Giro dell'Emilia 5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 6th Giro di Lombardia 6th Trofeo Calvià 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 9th Circuito de Getxo Combativity award Stage 20 Vuelta a España
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 2021 2022 Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — — — — — — — —3 — — — — — 11 Tour de France — — — DNF DNF68 — — — 208436 DNF 149 12 24 — / Vuelta a España DNF34 —2 —51 — —2337 12 —5210 DNF 13Major stage race general classification results Major stage race 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Paris–Nice — — —2 — — — — 2 —3 — — — — — — — — — — / Tirreno–Adriatico 119 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 18 — — — — — — Volta a Catalunya 34 — 33 80 — — —1 — — DNF DNF —2 —1110NH4 DNF Tour of the Basque Country 4756 2825 — —2 — — —5 — —1 — —7 — Tour de Romandie 24 — — —3 — —4 1 — —9 — — — — — — — — Critérium du Dauphiné — — — —6 DNF11 — — —7 —9 —9 — — 12 14 — Tour de Suisse — — — DNF — — — — — —9 — — — — — — —NH — —
Classics results timeline