Alonso misses Spanish gong
2005-12-27 11:50
Spain's El Pais newspaper has overlooked Fernando Alonso as 'sports personality of the year'.
Instead, the honour went to Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong, an American. In the daily's Monday edition, the cyclist was voted ahead of world champion Alonso, of Renault, and multiple MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi.
The poll added up the votes of one hundred leading Spanish sports figures.
Spain's title winner Alonso, however, did pick up the 'Spanish sportsperson of the year' gong, and his youngest ever drivers' championship win was named the 'outstanding sports event of the year'.