Alex Close

{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (1921–2008)}}

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| name = Alex Close

| image = Alex Close, Belgian team, Stage 1, Tour de France 1954.jpg

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| caption = Close at the 1954 Tour de France

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| birth_date = 26 November 1921

| birth_place = Moignelée, Sambreville, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|10|21|1921|11|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Ligny, Belgium

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 1949

| proteam1 = Automoto–Dunlop

| proyears2 = 1950

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Alcyon|1950}}

| proyears3 = 1950

| proteam3 = Libellula

| proyears4 = 1950–1951

| proteam4 = Terrot–Wolber

| proyears5 = 1952

| proteam5 = {{allow wrap|Garin–Wolber, Libellula, Girardengo–Clement}}

| proyears6 = 1953–1954

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|Peugeot|1953}}

| proyears7 = 1955–1959

| proteam7 = Elvé–Peugeot

| proyears8 = 1957–1959

| proteam8 = {{UCI team code|Peugeot|1957}}

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Alex Close (26 November 1921 in–21 October 2008){{cite news | title=Décès de l'ancien cycliste Alex Close | date=23 October 2008 | url =http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2008/10/23/01011-20081023FILWWW00409-deces-de-l-ancien-cycliste-alex-close.php | agency =Agence France-Presse | access-date = 27 October 2008 | language = fr }} was a Belgian road bicycle racer. He finished fourth in the 1953 Tour de France and seventh in the 1952 Tour de France. He also won the Tour of Belgium in 1955 and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1956.