Rafael Valls

Rafael Valls Ferri (born 25 June 1987) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for seven different teams. Valls took four victories during his professional career – a stage at the 2010 Tour de San Luis, a stage and the general classification at the 2015 Tour of Oman, and a win in the 2019 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia one-day race.

Following his retirement, Valls now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam.

Career
Born in Cocentaina, Valls left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined  for the 2014 season. In 2015, Valls had his biggest victory to that point by winning the Tour of Oman and its fourth stage. In September 2015 it was announced that Valls would join from 2016 on a two-year deal. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. However, he crashed on the opening stage, and abandoned the race.

At the end of the following year, Valls retired from the sport, despite holding a contract until the end of the 2022 season.

Major results
Source:


 * 2005
 * 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships


 * 2008
 * 9th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal


 * 2009
 * 4th Overall Circuito Montañés
 * 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir


 * 2010
 * 2nd Trofeo Inca
 * 3rd Overall Tour de San Luis
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 9th Trofeo Deia


 * 2014
 * 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali


 * 2015
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Overall Tour of Oman
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 8th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya


 * 2016
 * 8th Overall Tour Down Under


 * 2017
 * 7th Overall Tour Down Under
 * 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné


 * 2019
 * 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia


 * 2020
 * 9th Overall Route d'Occitanie