Attila Valter (born 12 June 1998 in Csömör) is a Hungarian professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[4]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Attila Valter |
| Nickname | The Hungarian Hussar, Valter White |
| Born | 12 June 1998 Csömör, Hungary |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2015–2017 | Cube Csömör |
| 2018 | Pannon Cycling Team |
| 2019 | CCC Development Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 2020 | CCC Team[1] |
| 2021–2022 | Groupama–FDJ[2][3] |
| 2023– | Team Jumbo–Visma |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and classics
| |
Career
editIn 2019 Valter joined the CCC Development Team, having ridden for the Pannon Cycling Team the previous year. At the 2019 Tour de l'Avenir he won the ninth stage to Tignes. For the 2020 season Valter turned professional for the senior CCC Team. That year he won the Tour of Hungary, having finished third in the general classification the previous year. Valter was the first Hungarian winner of the race since 2005.[5] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia, making his Grand Tour debut.[6][5] Valter joined Groupama–FDJ for the 2021 season. At the 2021 Giro d'Italia, he took the overall lead after the sixth stage to San Giacomo, becoming the first Hungarian rider to wear the pink jersey.[5]
Major results
editMountain bike
edit- 2015
- 1st
Cross-country, National Junior Championships - 2016
- 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- 2017
- 3rd Cross-country, National Championships
Road
edit- 2017
- 9th Overall Tour of Szeklerland
- 2018
- National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2019
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc I
- 1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc II
- 3rd Overall Belgrade Banjaluka
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 3rd Overall Tour of Antalya
- 4th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Overall Tour Alsace
- 7th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
- 7th Overall Tour of Romania
- 8th Overall CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie
- 10th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 2020
- 1st
Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Hungarian rider classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 10th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 10th Gran Piemonte
- 2021
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stages 6–8 - Held after Stages 4–8
- Held
- 2022
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 4th Strade Bianche
- 5th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 10th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 2023
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
- 4th Overall Tour of Norway
- 4th Overall O Gran Camiño
- 5th Strade Bianche
- 2024
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 4th Road race, Olympic Games
- 5th Overall UAE Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
27 | 14 | 35 | — | 22 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | 22 | 25 |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 34 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 26 | 40 |
| Giro di Lombardia | OTL | 12 | DNF | 22 | |
| Classic | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| Amstel Gold Race | NH | — | — | 30 | — |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | 11 | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | NH | — | — | — | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | — | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Not held | 27 | — | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | 18 | — | |||
Major championships timeline
edit| Event | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games
|
Road race | Not held | DNF | Not held | 4 | ||
| Time trial | — | 22 | |||||
 World Championships
|
Road race | — | 76 | — | 23 | — | |
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | ||
 European Championships
|
Road race | — | — | DNF | — | — | |
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | ||
 National Championships
|
Road race | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Time trial | 1 | 2 | 2 | DNS | 1 | 2 | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
| OTL | Over the limit |
References
edit- ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Bonnefoy, François (30 September 2020). "Transfert - Attila Valter et Matteo Badilatti chez Groupama-FDJ" [Transfers - Attila Valter and Matteo Badilatti with Groupama-FDJ]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Team Jumbo–Visma". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Timms, Joe (14 May 2021). "Attila Valter: The First Hungarian to wear the Pink Jersey". Rouleur. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Attila Valter.
- Attila Valter at UCI
- Attila Valter at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Attila Valter at ProCyclingStats
- Attila Valter at Cycling Quotient
- Attila Valter at CycleBase
