Tadej Valjavec ( Slovenian. Tadej Valjavec ; April 13, 1977 , Kranj , Slovenia ) - Slovenian cyclist . Member of the three summer Olympic Games. Two-time Slovenian road racing champion. In April 2011, he was disqualified for 2 years for doping.
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| Citizenship |  Slovenia | ||
| Date of Birth | April 13, 1977 (42 years old) | ||
| Place of Birth | Kranj , Slovenia | ||
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| Current team | Zheroquadro Radenska | ||
| Specialization | mountain | ||
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Sports Biography
Olympic Games
At the Summer Olympics, Tadej Valyavets made his debut in 2000 in Sydney . In the group road race, the Slovenian cyclist was unable to get to the finish line.
After 4 years at the games in Athens, Valyavec showed 26 results at a similar distance, 12 seconds behind the Italian winner Paolo Bettini .
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the group race took 34th place behind Samuel Sanchez, the champion of the Spaniard, by almost 3 minutes.
Professional career
The first major success of the young Slovenian was the victory in the Giro d'Italia in the age category U-23. After that, Valiavecu was offered a contract by a professional Italian cycling team Fassa Bortolo . Over 11 years of speaking at major international competitions, the Slovenian changed 5 teams, and also entered the top ten in the final classification of the Grand Tour stage trips three times.
Achievements
- 2002
- 1st place, Settiman Lombard
- 2003
- Slovenia Slovenian champion in cycling (group race)
- 4th place, Tour of Romandia
- 2007
- Slovenia Slovenian champion in cycling (group race)
- 4th place, Paris - Nice
- 3rd place, Ruta del Sol
- 2nd place, Vuelta Valenciana
- 4th place, Paris - Nice
- 2009
- 7th place Tour of Switzerland
Super- appearances
| Grand Tour | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| Giro d'Italia | thirty | - | - | 9 | 15 | 36 | - | 13 | eight | - | - |
| Tour de France | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | nineteen | ten | - | - | - |
| Vuelta of Spain | - | 18 | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | thirty | - | - |
Disqualification
In April 2011, by decision of the CAS, Valyavec was suspended for 2 years for violating anti-doping rules. The data of his biological passport in 2009 were found to be inadequate. Based on these data, experts came to the conclusion that there was an athlete using blood doping.
Valjavec will be disqualified from January 20, 2011. The results of the rider from April 19 to September 30, 2009 are canceled. In addition, he was fined 52 thousand euros. [one]