Michael Valgren
{{short description|Danish cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Michael Valgren
| image = 2015 Tour de France team presentation, Michael Valgren.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Valgren at the 2015 Tour de France
| fullname = Michael Valgren Hundahl
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|2|7}}
| birth_name = Michael Valgren Andersen
| birth_place = Østerild, Denmark
| height = {{height|m=1.79}}
| weight = {{convert|71|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = {{UCI team code|EFN}}
| discipline = Road
| role = {{ubl|Puncheur|Classics specialist}}
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2011–2013
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GLU|2011}}
| proyears2 = 2014–2016
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|SAX|2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=139801 | title=Michael Valgren Andersen " Tinkoff-Saxo|website=Procyclingstats.com | accessdate=3 June 2014}}
| proyears3 = 2017–2018
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|AST|2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/sporten/cykling/michael-valgren-og-jesper-hansen-skifter-til-astana|title=Michael Valgren og Jesper Hansen skifter til Astana|date=1 August 2016|publisher=Danmarks Radio|language=Danish|accessdate=1 August 2016}}
| proyears4 = 2019–2020
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|DDD|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dimension-data-finalise-2019-roster/|title=Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=22 November 2018|accessdate=4 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260|title=NTT Pro Cycling Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=3 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103010817/https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260|archivedate=3 January 2020}}
| proyears5 = 2021–2022
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|EF1|2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15238/1000987/279|title=EF Education - Nippo|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=1 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210101135037/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15238/1000987/279|archivedate=1 January 2021}}
| proyears6 = 2023
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|NIP2|2023}}
| proyears7 = 2024–
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|EF1|2024}}
| majorwins = Stage races
:Danmark Rundt (2014, 2016)
:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2014)}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{DEN}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's road cycling}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Flanders|Road race}}
| show-medals =
}}
Michael Valgren Hundahl (né Andersen; born 7 February 1992) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|EF1}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19540|title=EF Education–EasyPost|publisher=UCI|access-date=January 7, 2024}} In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.{{cite web|url=http://uitslagen.kbwb-rlvb.com/index_bestanden/PDF2018/180224OHNBHERENUITSLAG.pdf|title=Uitslag – Résultat – Result|work=KBWB-RVLB.com|publisher=Royal Belgian Cycling League|date=24 February 2018|accessdate=24 February 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/michael-valgren-takes-impressive-victory-amstel-gold-race-2018-376517 |title=Michael Valgren takes impressive victory at Amstel Gold Race 2018 |work=Cycling Weekly |accessdate=15 April 2018}}
Career
He became a professional in 2011 at the age of just 19 riding for the Danish continental team {{UCI team code|CUL|2011}}, where he won two editions of the U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and several other noticeable wins. He worked in the same fish factory as Jonas Vingegaard while pursuing a career as a pro cyclist.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2022/jonas-vingegaard-on-his-fish-related-jobs-that-helped-fund-cycling-and-tour-de-france-dream_sto9055994/story.shtml
|title=JONAS VINGEGAARD ON HIS FISH-RELATED JOBS THAT HELPED HIM PURSUE CYCLING AND TOUR DE FRANCE DREAM
|first=Benoit Vittek
|last=James Hilsum
|publisher=Eurosport
|date=23 July 2022
|access-date=27 July 2022}}
In 2014 he entered the WorldTour, when he joined {{UCI team code|SAX|2014}}. He made an immediate impact, as he won the Danish National Road Race Championships and the Danmark Rundt.{{cite web |url=http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/team/riders/michael-valgren/ |title=Michael Valgren - Tinkoff Saxo |accessdate=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331072516/http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/team/riders/michael-valgren/ |archivedate=31 March 2015 }}
He has ridden the Tour de France 6 times (2015 to 2020) as well as the 2014 Vuelta a Espana. 2018 served as a breakout year seeing him win the classics Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valgren-dimension-data-will-shoot-with-one-missile-hopefully-that-will-be-me/|title=Valgren: Dimension Data will shoot with one missile, hopefully that will be me|website=cyclingnews.com|date=27 December 2018 |access-date=19 February 2019}}
In November 2020, Valgren signed a two-year contract with the {{UCI team code|EF1|2021}} team.{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Benson|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/michael-valgren-signs-for-ef-pro-cycling/|title=Michael Valgren signs for EF Pro Cycling|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=13 November 2020|accessdate=13 November 2020}} He was added to the start list of the Tour de France for the 7th time in his career in 2021. In September, he won the Coppa Sabatini and the Giro della Toscana one-day races as well as the bronze medal in the UCI World road race championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2021/men-elite-road-race/results/|title=Julian Alaphilippe defends world title with stunning victory in Flanders World Championships|date=26 September 2021|work=Cycling News|access-date= 28 September 2021}}
At the Route d'Occitanie in June 2022, Valgren was badly injured in a crash, sustaining a fractured pelvis, dislocated hip, injuries to the ACL and MCL and a damaged meniscus.{{cite web | url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/what-doesnt-kill-you-only-makes-you-stronger-michael-valgren-on-getting-through-injury-and-returning-to-racing | title='What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger' - Michael Valgren on getting through injury and returning to racing | work=Cycling Weekly | date=31 May 2023 | accessdate=26 April 2024 | author=Thewlis, Tom}} He was unable to race for the rest of the year, and moved down to the {{UCI team code|NIP2|2023}} the following year as he transitioned back to racing. He returned to competition on April 30, 2023, and soon after announced he would rejoin the World Tour squad the following year.[https://cyclingpro.net/spaziociclismo/ciclomercato/ef-education-easypost-michael-valgren-vede-la-luce-dopo-il-tremendo-infortunio-dello-scorso-anno-il-danese-tornera-nella-squadra-worldtour/ EF Education-EasyPost, Michael Valgren vede la luce dopo il tremendo infortunio dello scorso anno: il danese tornerà nella squadra WorldTour]
Major results
File:Ronde Van Vlaanderen 2018 Tour of Flanders 2018 (40281536725).jpg]]
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;2009
: 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
: 3rd Overall GP Général Patton
::1st Stage 1
: 6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
: 8th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt der Junioren
;2010
: National Junior Road Championships
::2nd Time trial
::3rd Road race
: 10th Overall Liège–La Gleize
: 10th Time trial, UCI Juniors Road World Championships
;2011
: 4th Himmerland Rundt
;2012
: 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
: 2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop U23
: 6th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
: 8th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
;2013
: 1st 20px Overall Flèche du Sud
::1st 20px Young rider classification
::1st Stage 3
: 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
: 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
: 2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop U23
: 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
: 10th GP Herning
;2014 (2 pro wins)
: National Road Championships
::3rd Time trial
: 1st 20px Overall Danmark Rundt
::1st 20px Young rider classification
: 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
: 4th Overall Tour des Fjords
: 4th Japan Cup
;2015
: 1st 20px Young rider classification, Dubai Tour
;2016 (2)
: 1st 20px Overall Danmark Rundt
::1st Stage 3
: National Road Championships
::2nd Road race
::2nd Time trial
: 2nd Amstel Gold Race
;2017
: 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
: 6th Overall BinckBank Tour
: 6th E3 Harelbeke
;2018 (2)
: 1st Amstel Gold Race
: 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 2nd Bretagne Classic
: 4th Tour of Flanders
: 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
: 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
: 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
;2019
: 4th Bretagne Classic
: 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
: 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
: 6th Chrono des Nations
: 10th Overall BinckBank Tour
;2021 (2)
: 1st Coppa Sabatini
: 1st Giro della Toscana
: 3rd 15px Road race, UCI Road World Championships
: 4th Road race, National Road Championships
;2023
: 3rd GP Herning
: 8th Coppa Sabatini
: 9th Japan Cup
;2024
: 4th Road race, National Road Championships
: 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
;2025
: 8th Strade Bianche
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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
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| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |
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! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France | — | DNF | 77 | 61 | 44 | 75 | 73 | 53 | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — |
=Classics results timeline=
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!Monument ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |
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! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 35 | 97 | — | 99 | 52 | 25 | — | 100 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 11 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 102 | 21 | DNF | 36 | — | 45 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | DNF | — | — | — | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | DNF | 14 | — | 19 | DNF | DNF | 58 | — | — | — | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic
! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |
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| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | 30 | style="background:gold;" |1 | 45 | 21 | — | DNF | — | 67 | 132 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 36 | — | 45 | 30 | — | 11 | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | 14 | 39 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=3|NH | — | 20 | — | 73 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | — | — | DNF | 29 | 45 | 73 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Amstel Gold Race | 123 | 22 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|2 | 35 | style="background:gold;" |1 | 53 | 13 | 15 | — | — | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Bretagne Classic | — | 45 | 16 | 33 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|2 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | — | 22 | — | — | 43 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | 125 | 99 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | 19 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2 colspan=2|Not held | — | — | 111 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 33 | 23 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | — | — | DNF | |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF
| Did not finish |
| scope="row" | NH
| Not held |
References
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