Martin Velits

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Martin Velits at the Tour de Romandie 2012
Martin Velits at the Ronde van Vlaanderen 2009

Martin Velits (born February 21, 1985 in Bratislava ) is a former Slovak cyclist . He is the twin brother of Peter Velits , who was also a cyclist.

Career

After Martin Velits became the Slovak U23 individual time trial champion in 2004 , he began his international career in 2004 with the Slovak cycling team Dukla Trenčín Merida . In 2005 Velits drove for the South African Continental Team Konica Minolta . In his first season there he won a stage at the Giro del Capo and was national champion of the U23 road races . In 2006 he repeated his victory at the Slovak U23 time trial championships. He received his first contract with a Professional Continental Team in 2007 with his twin brother at Wiesenhof-Felt and his first contract in 2008 with a ProTeam , the German Team Milram . In 2009 he became Slovak elite champion in road racing and in 2010 in time trial.

He ended his sporting career at the end of the 2017 season.

successes

2004

2005

2006

  • SlovakiaSlovakia Slovak Champion - Road Race (U23)

2009

  • SlovakiaSlovakia Slovak champion - road race

2010

  • SlovakiaSlovakia Slovak champion - time trial

2013

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - DNF - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - - 88 - - - - -
Red jersey Vuelta a España 73 95 106 125 - - 130 - 152 -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Velits leaves, Howes stays with Education First-Drapac. In: radsport-news.com. October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017 .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Velits, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Bratislava