Michael Valgren

Michael Valgren

Valgren at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Michael Valgren Andersen
Born (1992-02-07) February 7, 1992
Denmark
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current team Astana
Discipline Road
Role Puncheur, classics specialist, all-rounder
Professional team(s)
2011–2013 Glud & Marstrand–LRØ
2014–2016 Tinkoff–Saxo[1]
2017- Astana
Major wins

Stage Races

Danmark Rundt (2014, 2016)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2014)
Infobox last updated on
11 February 2015

Michael Valgren Andersen (born 7 February 1992) is a Danish cyclist riding for Astana.[2]

Career

He became a professional in 2011 at the age of just 19 riding for the Danish continental team Cult Energy, where he won two editions of the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège and several other noticeable wins.

In 2014 he entered the WorldTour, when he joined Tinkoff-Saxo. He made an immediate impact, as he won the Danish national championship and Tour of Denmark.[3]

He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France[4] and the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.[5]

Career achievements

Major results

2009
3rd Overall Grand Prix Général Patton
1st Stage 1
6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
8th Overall Internationale Junioren-rundfahrt Niedersachsen
2010
10th Overall Liège–La Gleize
2011
4th Himmerland Rundt
2012
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2nd Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt (U23)
6th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
8th Overall Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay
2013
1st Overall Flèche du Sud
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
2nd Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt (U23)
9th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt
10th GP Herning
2014
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Young rider classification
3rd National Time Trial Championships
3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
4th Overall Tour des Fjords
4th Japan Cup
2015
1st Young rider classification Dubai Tour
2016
1st Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Stage 3
2nd Amstel Gold Race
2nd National Road Race Championships
2nd National Time Trial Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro
Yellow jersey Tour WD 77
red jersey Vuelta 128

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

  1. "Michael Valgren Andersen » Tinkoff-Saxo". Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. "Michael Valgren og Jesper Hansen skifter til Astana" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/team/riders/michael-valgren/
  4. "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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