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Alex Candelario

Key Stats

Nationality: American
Born: February 26, 1975
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Residence: Reno, Nevada
Height: 6-foot
Weight: 170 pounds
Strengths: field sprints
Turned Pro: 2002
Hobbies: surfing, chess, reading

Palmares

Career Highlights:

1st overall, Tour de Nez 2007
1st, International Cycling Classic, Whitefish Bay 2005
1st, stage 4, Redlands Classic 2004
1st, stage 6, Cascade Cycling Classic 2004
1st, U.S. collegiate road championship 1999

2007
1st, stage 1, Tour de Nez
1st overall, Tour de Nez
3rd, stage 2, Tour de Nez
3rd, stage 1, Joe Martin Stage Race
3rd, stage 4, Tour of the Gila
4th, U.S. criterium championship
4th, stage 1, Tour of Hong Kong Shanghai
4th, CSC Invitational
4th, stage 9, Tour of Qinghai Lake
5th, stage 6, Tour of Qinghai Lake
8th, stage 6, Amgen Tour of California
9th, Commerce Bank International Championship
9th, U.S. Open Cycling Championship

2006
1st, International Cycling Classic, Whitefish Bay
1st, International Cycling Classic, Downer’s Avenue
1st, Central Valley Classic Road Race
2nd, stage 2, Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd, Central Valley Classic Omnium
3rd, CSC Invitational
4th, Tour of Elk Grove
5th, stage 4, Amgen Tour of California
5th, stage 7, Amgen Tour of California
7th, stage 6, Tour de Georgia

2005
1st, International Cycling Classic, Whitefish Bay
1st, stage 4, Tour de Nez
1st, stage 1, Mercy Celebrity Classic
2nd, stage 2, Tour de Nez
2nd, International Cycling Classic, Downer’s Avenue
2nd, International Cycling Classic, Shorewood
2nd, International Cycling Classic, Brewer’s Hill

2004
1st, stage 4, Redlands Classic
1st, stage 6, Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd, stage 1, Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd, stage 4, Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd, stage 5, Redlands Classic
2nd, stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd, stage 4, Pomona Valley Stage Race
2nd Michelin Classic, day 1
2nd, Michelin Classic, day 2
2nd, stage 4, Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
3rd, stage 2, Joe Martin Stage Race
3rd, stage 4, Cascade Cycling Classic
5th, U.S. criterium championship

2002
3rd, Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
3rd, stage 4, Cascade Cycling Classic

1999
1st, U.S. collegiate road championship

Biography

Candelario is one of the best road sprinters in the US. He is an avid outdoorsman, especially when it comes to surfing. He made his entrance into the cycling world when he won the 1999 U.S. collegiate road race for the University of Colorado.