American cyclist Lance Armstrong [ Images ], who won his seventh Tour de France [ Images ] in July, has been voted sports personality of the year, according to a poll published in the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais on Monday.

Armstrong beat Spain's first Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso [ Images ] and Italian motorcycle rider Valentino Rossi [ Images ] in the poll of 100 leading Spanish sporting figures.

The Spanish sportsperson of the year was Alonso and the revelation of the year was 19-year-old tennis player Rafael Nadal [ Images ] who won the French Open [ Images ] and 10 other ATP tournaments this year.

Alonso's victory in the Formula One world championship was voted the outstanding sports event of the year.