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 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.