Peter Velits

Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian 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.[2] 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.

Peter Velits

Velits at the 2015 Grand Prix Pino Cerami
Personal information
Full name	Peter Velits
Born	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, (now Slovakia)
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2004	Dukla Trenčín
2005–2006	Team Konica Minolta
Professional teams
2007	Wiesenhof
2008–2009	Team Milram
2010–2011	Team HTC–Columbia
2012–2013	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[1]
2014–2016	BMC Racing Team
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2010) 2 TTT stages (2010, 2015) Stage races Tour of Oman (2012) One-day races and Classics Grand Prix de Fourmies (2007) National Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013, 2014)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Slovakia World Championships 2007 Stuttgart Under-23 road race Representing Omega Pharma–Quick-Step World Championships 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial 2013 Florence Team time trial Representing BMC Racing Team World Championships 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

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.[3] He remained with the team until he retired at the end of the 2016 season.[4]