Peter Velits

Peter Velits

Velits at the 2015 Grand Prix Pino Cerami
Personal information
Full name	Peter Velits
Born	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, (now Slovakia)
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2004	Dukla Trenčín
2005–2006	Team Konica Minolta
Professional teams
2007	Wiesenhof–Felt
2008–2009	Team Milram
2010–2011	Team HTC–Columbia
2012–2013	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2014–2016	BMC Racing Team
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2010) 2 TTT stages (2010, 2015) Stage races Tour of Oman (2012) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013, 2014) GP de Fourmies (2007)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing Slovakia World Championships 2007 Stuttgart Under-23 road race Representing Omega Pharma–Quick-Step World Championships 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial 2013 Florence Team time trial Representing BMC Racing Team World Championships 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

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. 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.

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. He remained with the team until he retired at the end of the 2016 season.

Major results

2003

National Junior Road Championships

1st Road race

1st Time trial

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

1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 17 (ITT)

10th Overall Volta ao Algarve

2012

1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

2nd Road race

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

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

Grand Tour	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Giro d'Italia	Did not contest during career
Tour de France	57	30	—	18	27	25	27	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	DNF

Did not finish = DNF

External links

• Peter Velits at ProCyclingStats
• Palmares on Cycling Base (French)