Peter Velits
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Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovak 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.
Post-cycling career
Following his retirement from professional cycling in 2016, Velits co-founded Isadore Apparel, a sustainable cycling clothing brand based in Púchov, Slovakia, together with his twin brother Martin Velits. The brand was established in 2013 while Velits was still competing professionally, with Peter managing operations alongside his racing career before dedicating himself to the company full-time upon retirement. Isadore produces cycling apparel using sustainable materials including merino wool, with manufacturing based in Europe under OEKO-TEX and bluesign standards.
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
2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 1st Stage 2
4th Overall Tour de Bretagne
5th Overall Tour de la Somme
9th Overall Tour of Japan
2007
1st Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
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
6th Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague
7th Monte Paschi Strade Bianche
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 | 56 | 30 | — | 18 | 27 | 25 | 27 | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | DNF |
Did not finish = DNF
External links
- at ProCyclingStats
- 2012-02-26 at the Wayback Machine