Michael Valgren

Michael Valgren Hundahl (né Andersen; born 7 February 1992) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race. In 2026 he won stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia, marking a comeback from injury. Career He became a professional in 2011 at the age of just 19 riding for the Danish continental team , where he won two editions of the U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and had several other noticeable wins. He worked in the same fish factory as Jonas Vingegaard while pursuing a career as a pro cyclist.

In 2014 he entered the WorldTour, when he joined . He made an immediate impact, as he won the Danish National Road Race Championships and the Danmark Rundt. 2018 served as a breakout year seeing him win the classics Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.

In November 2020, Valgren signed a two-year contract with the team. 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.

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. He was unable to race for the rest of the year, and moved down to the 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.

Valgren won stage 17 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia, attacking from the breakaway just over a kilometre from the finish line. This was his first grand tour victory, and he dedicated the win to his son who had made him a lucky charm for the race.

Major results

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 Overall Flèche du Sud 1st 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 1st Road race 3rd Time trial 1st Overall Danmark Rundt 1st Young rider classification 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 4th Overall Tour des Fjords 4th Japan Cup 2015 1st Young rider classification, Dubai Tour 2016 (2) 1st 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

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 2026 (2) 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — — — — 38 — DNF Tour de France — DNF 77 61 44 75 73 53 — — — 72 Vuelta a España 128 — — — — — 33 — — — — —

Classics results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held