Peter Velits
Velits at the 2015 Grand Prix Pino Cerami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Peter Velits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1985 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, (now Slovakia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004 | Dukla Trenčín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Team Konica Minolta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007 | Wiesenhof–Felt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Team Milram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Team HTC–Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | BMC Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. 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.
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. He remained with the team until he retired at the end of the 2016 season.