Michael Valgren

Michael Valgren Hundahl (né Andersen; born 7 February 1992) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.[5] In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.[6][7]

Michael Valgren
Valgren at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameMichael Valgren Hundahl
BornMichael Valgren Andersen
(1992-02-07) 7 February 1992
Østerild, Denmark
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Team information
Current teamEF Education–Nippo
DisciplineRoad
Role
Professional teams
2011–2013Glud & Marstrand–LRØ
2014–2016Tinkoff–Saxo[1]
2017–2018Astana[2]
2019–2020Team Dimension Data[3][4]
2021–EF Education–Nippo
Major wins
Stage races
Danmark Rundt (2014, 2016)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2014)
Amstel Gold Race (2018)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2018)

Career

He 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.

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.[8]

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.[9]

In November 2020, Valgren signed a two-year contract with the EF Education–Nippo team.[10]

Major results
Valgren (front) riding in the 2018 Tour of Flanders
2009
2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Overall Grand Prix 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 Time trial, UCI Juniors Road World Championships
10th Overall Liège–La Gleize
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 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
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
1st Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
4th Overall Tour des Fjords
4th Japan Cup
2015
1st Young rider classification Dubai Tour
2016
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
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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia Has not contested during his career
Tour de France — DNF 77 61 44 75 73
Vuelta a España 128 — — — — — 33

Classics results timeline
Monument 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Milan–San Remo — — — 35 97 — 99
Tour of Flanders — — — 11 4 102 21
Paris–Roubaix — — — — — — NH
Liège–Bastogne–Liège DNF DNF 14 — 19 DNF DNF
Giro di Lombardia — — — — — 40 —
Classic 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad — — — 30 1 45 21
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne — — — 54 89 DNF 44
Strade Bianche — — — 36 — 45 30
E3 Harelbeke — — — 6 14 39 NH
Dwars door Vlaanderen — — — — DNF 29
Gent–Wevelgem — — — 33 26 DNF 93
Amstel Gold Race 123 22 2 35 1 53 NH
La Flèche Wallonne DNF DNF 96 DNF 50 100 —
Bretagne Classic — 45 16 33 2 4 —
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec — 125 99 — 9 19 NH
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal — 33 23 — 8 5
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held

References
  1. "Michael Valgren Andersen " Tinkoff-Saxo". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. "Michael Valgren og Jesper Hansen skifter til Astana" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. "Uitslag – Résultat – Result" (PDF). KBWB-RVLB.com. Royal Belgian Cycling League. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. "Michael Valgren takes impressive victory at Amstel Gold Race 2018". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Valgren: Dimension Data will shoot with one missile, hopefully that will be me". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  10. Benson, Daniel (13 November 2020). "Michael Valgren signs for EF Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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