Peter Velits
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| Full name | Peter Velits | ||||||||||||
| Born | February 21, 1985 Bratislava, Slovakia |
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| Current team | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-Rounder | ||||||||||||
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| 2004 2005–2006 |
Dukla Trencin Konica Minolta |
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| 2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012– |
Wiesenhof Team Milram Team HTC-Columbia Omega Pharma-Quick Step |
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| Infobox last updated on 19 February 2012 |
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Peter Velits (born February 21, 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovak professional road racing cyclist for Omega Pharma-Quick Step.[1] His career highlights include winning the 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Under-23 Road Race and the 2012 Tour of Oman.[2] His twin brother, Martin Velits rides on Omega Pharma-Quick Step as well.
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[edit] Palmares
- 2003
- 1st
U-19 National Road Race Champion - 1st U-19 National Time Trial Champion
- 2005
- 1st U-23 National Time Trial Champion
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra
- 2006
- 1st U-23 National Time Trial Champion
- 1st Overall Giro del Capo
- 1st Grand Prix Kooperativa
- 2007
- 1st
U-23 Road Race World Champion - 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Young competition Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 2008
Most Combative Rider for Stage 17, Tour de France- 2009
- 1st Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau
- 7th Monte Paschi Eroica
- 10th Milan – San Remo
- 2010
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 TTT
- 1st Stage 17 ITT
- 2011
- 19th General Classification Tour de France
- 2012
- 1st
Overall Tour of Oman
[edit] Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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 Giro |
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 Tour |
58 | 32 | – | 19 |
 Vuelta |
– | – | 2 | – |
[edit] References
- ^ "Les frères Velits chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step [The brothers Velits at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]" (in French). rtbf.be (RTBF). 2 August 2011. http://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/detail_les-freres-velits-chez-omega-pharma-quick-step?id=6541483. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Velits claims Oman title". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 19 February 2012. http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/7531572/Velits-claims-Oman-title. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=4658&idtitle=1
[edit] External links
- Peter Velits at Trap-Friis.dk
- Palmares on Cycling Base (French)
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