Viktória Chladoňová (born 15 November 2006) is a Slovakian cyclist. She won the cross-country race at the UCI Junior Mountain Bike World Championships and was runner-up in the Junior World Championships time trial in 2024.[1] In 2025, she will join UCI Women's WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.
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Biography
editViktória Chladoňová was born on 15 November 2006 in the village of Soblahov, in the Trenčín District. She started with cycling at the age of ten. As of 2024 she studies at a high school in Trenčín.[2]
Career
editIn February 2023, she was a bronze medalist in the junior race at the UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships in Tábor.[3][4] That year she also finished in the top ten of the junior cyclo cross race at the 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.[5]
She was the winner of the Nové Mesto World Cup for juniors.[6] She was the bronze medalist in the junior race at 2024 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. She placed second overall in the Nations Cup event, the 2024 Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie.[7]
In June 2024, she won the Slovak national junior time trial championship and won the junior Slovakian and Czech road race cycling Championships.[8][9][10] She won the junior cross country race at the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Andorra in August 2024.[11]
In September 2024, she finished third in the junior time trial at the 2024 European Road Championships in Limburg, Belgium, and she was runner-up in the junior time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich.[12] That month, she signed with UCI Women's WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike, signing a contract until 2027.[13][14]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2023
- National Junior Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 6th Road race, European Junior Championships
- 2024
- 1st Visegrad 4 Ladies Race Slovakia
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 2nd
Time trial - 3rd
Road race
- 2nd
- 2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 3rd
Time trial, European Junior Championships
Cyclo-cross
edit- 2022–2023
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Podbrezova
- UCI Junior World Cup
- 2nd Tábor
- 2023–2024
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Podbrezova
- 1st Selce
- 1st Topoľčianky
- 1st Ziar Nad Hronom
- UEC Junior European Cup
- 1st Samorín
- Toi Toi Cup
- 2nd Veselí nad Lužnicí
- 2nd Hlinsko
- 2nd Holé Vrchy
- 3rd Mladá Boleslav
- 2nd Trnava
- 3rd
UCI Junior World Championships - 3rd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
- 1st Hoogerheide
- 2nd Namur
- 2nd Troyes
- 2nd Benidorm
- 3rd
UEC European Junior Championships
Mountain bike
edit- 2023
- 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- 2024
- 1st
Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships - 1st Nové Mesto Juniors
References
edit- ^ "Viktória Chladoňová". Pro cycling stats. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Viktória Chladoňová". Slovenský olympijský tím (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "WC in cyclocross: Chladoňová won bronze among junior women". cycling.info.sk. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Pashto, Peter (5 November 2023). "Viktória Chladoňová imitated Peter Sagan". olympic.sk. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "WC IN CYCLOCROSS: VIKTÓRIA CHLADOŇOVÁ FOUGHT HER WAY INTO THE TOP 10". cyklistikaszc.sk. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "VIKTÓRIA CHLADOŇOVÁ TRIUMPHED IN THE JUNIOR SERIES RACE IN NOVI MESTO IN MORAVIA". cyklistikascz.sk. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Laura Weislo (18 September 2024). "UCI Road World Championships 2024 - Junior Women's Road Race contenders". Cycling News. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Viktória Chladoňová and Nora Jenčušová won the road race of the Slovak Championship". Biker.sk. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Viktória Chladoňová is the first junior in history to win the joint Slovak and Czech Championships". biker.sk. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "The women's title is held by Jenčušová, junior Chladoňová is first at the finish line". Teraz.sk. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "A new star of the Slovak cyclist is emerging - Viktória Chladoňová". exisport.eu. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (24 September 2024). "UCI World Championships: British rising star Cat Ferguson wins junior women's time trial". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ Moultrie, James (7 September 2024). "Visma-Lease a Bike Women sign top young talents Imogen Wolff and Viktória Chladonová until 2027". Cycling News. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Team Visma - Lease a Bike Women welcomes young talents Wolff and Chladoňová". teamvismaleaseabike.com. 7 September 2024.
External links
edit- Viktória Chladoňová at Cycling Archives
- Viktória Chladoňová at ProCyclingStats
- Viktória Chladoňová at MTB Data
