Martin Velits

Slovakian road bicycle racer

Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)

Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)Weight72 kg (159 lb)Team informationCurrent teamRetiredDisciplineRoadRoleRiderRider type

Time trialist
Domestique^[1]

Amateur teams2004Dukla Trenčín2005–2006Team Konica Minolta Professional teams2007Wiesenhof–Felt2008–2009Team Milram2010–2011Team HTC–Columbia2012–2017Omega Pharma–Quick-Step^[2] Major winsGrand Tours

Vuelta a España

1 TTT stage (2010)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2009)

National Time Trial Championships (2010)

Martin Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2017 for the Wiesenhof, Team Milram, HTC–Highroad and Quick-Step Floors teams.^[1] His twin brother, Peter Velits, also competed as a professional cyclist.

In October 2017, one year after his brother's retirement, Martin Velits announced that he would retire after competing in that year's inaugural Tour of Guangxi.^[1]

Major results

2003

1st

Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland

9th Overall Internationale Junioren-Rundfahrt Niedersachsen

1st Stage 3

2004

1st

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

2005

1st

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Stage 3a Giro del Capo

7th Overall Okolo Slovenska

1st

Young rider classification

2006: 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships; 1st 947 Cycle Challenge; 7th Overall Giro del Capo; 8th Overall Tour of Japan; 9th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza; 9th Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo; 10th GP Hydraulika Mikolasek
2007: 10th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
2008: 8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
2009: 1st Road race, National Road Championships; 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2010: 1st Time trial, National Road Championships; 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España; 8th Overall Tour of Oman
2012: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2013: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	88	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	73	95	105	125	—	—	130	117	152

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Velits retires from Quick-Step after 11 years as a pro". cyclingnews.com. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ "Les frères Velits chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [The brothers Velits at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. rtbf.be (in French). RTBF. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.