Salgado, who won more than 50 caps for Spain during a decade with Real Madrid, joined Rovers in the summer of 2009 following his release from the Bernabeu, where he won four La Liga titles and two Champions League winners' medals.

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He has now won 11 world championship gold medals, having also won the kilometre time trial four times between 1998 and 2001 and the sprint in 2001.

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He won the World Cup crown three times in four years from 1997-98 to 2000-01 and claimed two gold medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

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