Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights included third place overall and a stage win at the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2007 World Under-23 Road Race Championships gold and the 2012 Tour of Oman overall victory.[2] Velits was also known as strong time-trialist, winning three consecutive team time trials as a part of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step in 2012 and 2013 and riding on the BMC Racing Team in 2014 UCI Road World Championships. His twin brother, Martin Velits also competed professionally, having raced on the same teams every year until the end of the 2013 season.
.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 | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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–Felt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Team Milram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Team HTC–Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | BMC Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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.[3] He remained with the team until he retired at the end of the 2016 season.[4]
Major results
edit- 2003
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2004
- 7th Overall Tour d'Egypte
- 10th Overall UAE Emirates Post Tour
- 10th Grand Prix Bradlo
- 2005
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra
- 3rd Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 6th Overall Ringerike GP
- 2006
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Overall Giro del Capo
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Grand Prix Kooperativa
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume 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
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 3rd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
- 9th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 1st Young rider classification
- 9th Overall Giro del Capo
- 2008
Combativity award Stage 17 Tour de France- 2009
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 5th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 6th Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague
- 7th Monte Paschi Strade Bianche
- 8th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 2010
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2012
- 1st
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships - National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour of Oman - 2013
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2014
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 9th Overall Dubai Tour
- 9th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2015
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held after Stage 1
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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Did not contest during career | |||||||
 Tour de France
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57 | 30 | — | 18 | 27 | 25 | 27 | — |
| Vuelta a España
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— | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | DNF |
Did not finish = DNF
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Velits claims Oman title". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Peter Velits leaving Omega Pharma-Quickstep for BMC Racing". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ "Peter Velits announces retirement from cycling". CyclingNews. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
External links
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- Peter Velits at ProCyclingStats
- Palmares on Cycling Base (French)