Peter Velits
.JPG) Velits at the 2015 Grand Prix Pino Cerami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Peter Velits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
21 February 1985 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, (now Slovakia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | BMC Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004 | Dukla Trenčín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Team Konica Minolta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007 | Wiesenhof | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Team Milram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Team HTC–Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | BMC Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional road racing cyclist for the BMC Racing Team.[2] His career highlights include winning the 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Under-23 Road Race and the 2012 Tour of Oman.[3] He was promoted to second place in the 2010 Vuelta a España after Ezequiel Mosquera tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch. Velits is also known as strong time-trialist, winning three consecutive team time trials as a part of Omega Pharma-Quickstep in 2012 and 2013 and riding on BMC Racing in 2014 UCI Road World Championships. His twin brother, Martin Velits rides for Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, having raced on the same teams every year until the end of the 2013 season.
After two seasons with the team, Velits left Omega Pharma–Quick-Step at the end of the 2013 season to join the BMC Racing Team.[2]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2003
- 1st
Under-19 National Road Race Championships - 1st Under-19 National Time Trial Championships
- 2004
- 7th Overall Tour d'Egypte
- 10th Overall UAE Emirates Post Tour
- 10th GP Bradlo
- 2005
- 1st Under-23 National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra
- 3rd Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 6th Overall Ringerike GP
- 2006
- 1st Under-23 National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Overall Giro del Capo
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Grand Prix Kooperativa
- 2nd Overall GP Tell
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 4th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 5th Overall Tour de la Somme
- 9th Overall Tour of Japan
- 2007
- 1st
Under-23 Road Race World Championships - 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 3rd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
- 9th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Young riders classification
- 9th Overall Giro del Capo
- 2008
- 2nd World's View Challenge 5
- 10th World's View Challenge 2
-
Most Combative Rider for Stage 17, Tour de France - 2009
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 4th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 5th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 6th Praha–Karlovy Vary–Praha
- 7th Monte Paschi Eroica
- 8th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
- 10th Milan – San Remo
- 2010
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 1 TTT & 17 ITT
- 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2012
- 1st
World Team Time Trial Championships - 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour of Oman - 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2013
- 1st World Team Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2014
- 1st World Team Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 9th Overall Dubai Tour
- 9th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- Held after Stage 1
- Held
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour |
57 | 30 | — | 18 | 27 | 25 | 27 | — |
| Vuelta |
— | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | WD |
Withdrew = WD; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ "Les frères Velits chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [The brothers Velits at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. rtbf.be (in French). RTBF. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Peter Velits leaving Omega Pharma-Quickstep for BMC Racing". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Velits claims Oman title". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=4658&idtitle=1
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peter Velits. |
- Peter Velits profile at ProCyclingStats
- Palmares on Cycling Base (French)
 UCI Road World Champions – Men's team time trial | |
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