Michael Valgren Hundahl (né Andersen; born 7 February 1992) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[6] In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.[7][8]
 Valgren at the 2015 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Valgren Hundahl | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Michael Valgren Andersen 7 February 1992 Østerild, Denmark | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | EF Education–EasyPost | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | |||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Glud & Marstrand–LRØ | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Tinkoff–Saxo[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Astana[2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Team Dimension Data[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | EF Education–Nippo[5] | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | EF Education–Nippo Development Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | EF Education–EasyPost | ||||||||||||||
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| Stage races | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe became a professional in 2011 at the age of just 19 riding for the Danish continental team Glud & Marstrand–LRØ, where he won two editions of the U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and several other noticeable wins. He worked in the same fish factory as Jonas Vingegaard while pursuing a career as a pro cyclist.[9]
In 2014 he entered the WorldTour, when he joined Tinkoff–Saxo. He made an immediate impact, as he won the Danish National Road Race Championships and the Danmark Rundt.[10]
He has ridden the Tour de France 6 times (2015 to 2020) as well as the 2014 Vuelta a Espana. 2018 served as a breakout year seeing him win the classics Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.[11]
In November 2020, Valgren signed a two-year contract with the EF Education–Nippo team.[12] He was added to the start list of the Tour de France for the 7th time in his career in 2021. In September, he won the Coppa Sabatini and the Giro della Toscana one-day races as well as the bronze medal in the UCI World road race championships.[13]
At the Route d'Occitanie in June 2022, Valgren was badly injured in a crash, sustaining a fractured pelvis, dislocated hip, injuries to the ACL and MCL and a damaged meniscus.[14] He was unable to race for the rest of the year, and moved down to the EF Education–Nippo Development Team the following year as he transitioned back to racing. He returned to competition on April 30, 2023 and soon after announced he would rejoin the World Tour squad the following year.[15]
Major results
edit- 2009
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 3rd Overall GP Général Patton
- 1st Stage 1
- 6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 8th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt der Junioren
- 2010
- National Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 10th Overall Liège–La Gleize
- 10th Time trial, UCI Juniors Road World Championships
- 2011
- 4th Himmerland Rundt
- 2012
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop U23
- 6th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 8th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2013
- 1st
Overall Flèche du Sud
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop U23
- 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 10th GP Herning
- 2014 (2 pro wins)
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 4th Overall Tour des Fjords
- 4th Japan Cup
- 2015
- 1st
- 2016 (2)
- 1st
Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st Stage 3
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 6th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 6th E3 Harelbeke
- 2018 (2)
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2nd Bretagne Classic
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2019
- 4th Bretagne Classic
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 6th Chrono des Nations
- 10th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 2021 (2)
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 1st Giro della Toscana
- 3rd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2023
- 3rd GP Herning
- 8th Coppa Sabatini
- 9th Japan Cup
- 2024
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | |
| — | DNF | 77 | 61 | 44 | 75 | 73 | 53 | — | — | ||
| 128 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 35 | 97 | — | 99 | 52 | 25 | — | 100 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | 102 | 21 | DNF | 36 | — | 45 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | DNF | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | DNF | 14 | — | 19 | DNF | DNF | 58 | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | 30 | 1 | 45 | 21 | — | DNF | — | 67 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | 6 | 14 | 39 | NH | — | 20 | — | 73 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | — | — | DNF | 29 | 45 | 73 | — | 8 | |
| Amstel Gold Race | 123 | 22 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 53 | 13 | 15 | — | — | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | 45 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 4 | — | 22 | — | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | 125 | 99 | — | 9 | 19 | Not held | — | — | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 33 | 23 | — | 8 | 5 | — | — | |||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ "Michael Valgren Andersen " Tinkoff-Saxo". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Michael Valgren og Jesper Hansen skifter til Astana" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "EF Education–EasyPost". UCI. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Uitslag – Résultat – Result" (PDF). KBWB-RVLB.com. Royal Belgian Cycling League. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Michael Valgren takes impressive victory at Amstel Gold Race 2018". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ James Hilsum, Benoit Vittek (23 July 2022). "JONAS VINGEGAARD ON HIS FISH-RELATED JOBS THAT HELPED HIM PURSUE CYCLING AND TOUR DE FRANCE DREAM". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Michael Valgren - Tinkoff Saxo". Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Valgren: Dimension Data will shoot with one missile, hopefully that will be me". cyclingnews.com. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (13 November 2020). "Michael Valgren signs for EF Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Julian Alaphilippe defends world title with stunning victory in Flanders World Championships". Cycling News. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Thewlis, Tom (31 May 2023). "'What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger' - Michael Valgren on getting through injury and returning to racing". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ EF Education-EasyPost, Michael Valgren vede la luce dopo il tremendo infortunio dello scorso anno: il danese tornerà nella squadra WorldTour
External links
edit- Michael Valgren at UCI
- Michael Valgren at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Michael Valgren at ProCyclingStats
- Michael Valgren at Cycling Quotient
- Michael Valgren at CycleBase