Michael Valgren
Michael Valgren (2014) | |
To person | |
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Full name | Michael Valgren Andersen |
Date of birth | February 7, 1992 |
nation | Denmark |
discipline | Street |
To the team | |
Current team | NTT Pro Cycling |
function | driver |
Most important successes | |
Amstel Gold Race 2018 |
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Last updated: October 3, 2018 |
Michael Valgren Andersen (born February 7, 1992 ) is a Danish cyclist .
Athletic career
Valgren won as a U23 driver a. a. 2012 and 2013 in his age group Liège – Bastogne – Liège and a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir 2013. From the 2014 season he received his first contract with a UCI WorldTeam , the Danish team Tinkoff-Saxo . In his first year with this team, he was Danish road racing champion and won the Tour of Denmark .
At the Amstel Gold Race 2016 , he missed his first victory in a UCI WorldTour race after he was beaten by his runaway Enrico Gasparotto in a two-man sprint. In the summer of the same year, he repeated his overall victory in the Tour of Denmark in 2016 .
At the beginning of the 2018 season, Valgren had his greatest success to date: he won the WorldTour race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad by pulling 2.5 kilometers away from a group of twelve. At the Amstel Gold Race he won his second WorldTour race by winning a two-man sprint against Roman Kreuziger , with whom he attacked from the top group in the final of the race.
successes
- 2011
- 2012
- Liège – Bastogne – Liège (U23)
- Danish champion - team time trial
- 2013
- Liège – Bastogne – Liège (U23)
- Overall ranking and a stage Flèche du Sud
- a stage Tour de l'Avenir
- 2014
- Danish champion - road race
- Overall rating Post Danmark Rundt
- 2015
- Young driver competition Dubai Tour
- 2016
- Danish Championship - Individual Time Trial
- Danish championship - road racing
- Overall ranking and one stage Post Danmark Rundt
- 2018
Grand Tours placements
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tour de France | - | DNF | 77 | 61 | 44 | 75 |
Vuelta a España | 128 | - | - | - | - | - |
Teams
- 2011 Glud & Marstrand-LRØ
- 2012 Glud & Marstrand-LRØ
- 2013 Team Cult Energy
- 2014 Tinkoff-Saxo
- 2015 Tinkoff-Saxo
- 2016 Tinkoff
- 2017 Astana Pro Team
- 2018 Astana Pro Team
- 2019 Team Dimension Data
- 2020 NTT Pro Cycling Team
Web links
- Michael Valgren in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Michael Valgren in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gasparotto wins for his deceased teammate Demoitié. In: radsport-news.com. April 16, 2016, accessed April 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Valgren crowns the Danish day in Meerbeke. In: radsport-news.com. February 20, 2018, accessed April 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Valgren defeats Kreuziger in a sprint duel, Sagan is fourth. In: radsport-news.com. April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Valgren, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valgren Andersen, Michael (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish road cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1992 |