Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (born 24 April 1980 in

Viedma, Río Negro Viedma () is the capital and fourth largest city of the Río Negro Province, in northern Patagonia, Argentina. The city has 59,993 inhabitants (2022), and is located on the southern margin of the Río Negro (Argentina), Negro River, about 30 ...

) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...

. His other brother, Armando Borrajo, committed suicide on December 18, 2010, having been kidnapped for two days. Alejandro broke his arm, trying to intervene.Argentine champion Borrajo takes his own life
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Career highlights

;2000 :1st Overall, Vuelta al Valle ;2002 :1st, Mendoza–San Juan :2nd, National Under-23 Road Race Championships :2nd, National Under-23 Time Trial Championships ;2005 :1st, Doble Difunta Corréa :2nd, National Road Race Championships :2nd, Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop :2nd, Trofeo Città di Brescia – Memorial Rino Fiori ;2006 :1st

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nat ...

:2nd, GP Campagnolo :3rd Overall, Giro del Sol San Juan ;2007 :1st, Stages 1b & 3,

Tour of Virginia Tour of Virginia was a men's road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Virginia from 2003 to 2007. In 2007, the Tour was renamed from the Tour of Shenandoah. The race was part of USA Cycling National Racing Calendar. Past winners * 2007: J ...

:2nd, National Road Race Championships :2nd Overall, Vuelta Leandro N. Alem :2nd, Reading Classic :2nd, Doble Difunta Corréa :3rd Overall,

Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, also known as the Longsjo Classic, was an annual road bicycle racing, bicycle stage race, race held in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. The race began in 1960 as the Arthur M. Longsjo Jr ...

::1st, Stage 2 :3rd, US Cycling Open ;2008 :1st, Stage 1, McLane Pacific Classic :1st, Stage 2, San Dimas Stage Race :1st, Stage 4,

Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is the longest continuous running invitational, professional cycle sport, cycling stage race in American bike racing, located in Redlands, California, United States. The race began in 1985 after the 1984 Summer Olympic ...

;2009 :1st CSC Invitational :1st, Stage 3,

Nature Valley Grand Prix The North Star Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the North Star Bicycle Festival. An event was added in North Mankato in 2016. The North Star Grand Prix is one ...

:7th, Philadelphia International Championship ;2010 :1st, Stage 2,

Rutas de América Rutas de América is a multi-day road bicycle race held annually in February in Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Braz ...

:1st, Stage 3,

:1st, Stage 1,

:1st, Stage 4b,

Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo The Tour do Brasil, also known as the International Cycling Tour of the State of São Paulo () is a road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. The race exists since 2004 as an elite men's comp ...

:4th Overall, GP Esco ::1st, Stages 1 & 4 :4th, Philadelphia International Championship ;2011 :1st Overall, Tulsa Tough ::1st, Stage 3 ;2012 :1st, Stage 4,

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI Americ ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Borrajo, Alejandro 1980 births Living people People from Viedma Sportspeople from Río Negro Province Argentine male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Argentina South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in cycling Competitors at the 2006 South American Games 21st-century Argentine sportsmen