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 (age 32) 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 team(s)
2004	Dukla Trenčín
2005–2006	Team Konica Minolta
Professional team(s)
2007	Wiesenhof
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 Grand Prix de Fourmies (2007) National Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013, 2014)
Medal record 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

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a retired Slovak professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights include winning the 2007 World Under-23 Road Race Championships and the 2012 Tour of Oman. 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–Quick-Step in 2012 and 2013 and riding on the BMC Racing Team in 2014 UCI Road World Championships. His twin brother, Martin Velits rides for Etixx–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.

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