Peter Velits

Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovak 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 in 2012 and 2013 and riding on the 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 at the end of the 2013 season to join the . He remained with the team until he retired at the end of the 2016 season.

Post-cycling career Following his retirement from professional cycling in 2016, Velits co-founded Isadore Apparel, a sustainable cycling clothing brand based in Púchov, Slovakia, together with his twin brother Martin Velits. The brand was established in 2013 while Velits was still competing professionally, with Peter managing operations alongside his racing career before dedicating himself to the company full-time upon retirement. Isadore produces cycling apparel using sustainable materials including merino wool, with manufacturing based in Europe under OEKO-TEX and bluesign standards.

Major results

2003 National Junior Road Championships

2004 7th Overall Tour d'Egypte 10th Overall UAE Emirates Post Tour 10th Grand Prix Bradlo 2005

1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra 3rd Overall Giro delle Regioni 6th Overall Ringerike GP 2006

1st Overall Giro del Capo 1st Stage 2 1st Grand Prix Kooperativa 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 1st Stage 2 4th Overall Tour de Bretagne 4th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 5th Overall Tour de la Somme 9th Overall Tour of Japan 2007

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies 3rd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald 9th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 1st Young rider classification 9th Overall Giro del Capo 2008

2009 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián 5th Gran Premio di Lugano 6th Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague 7th Monte Paschi Strade Bianche 8th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald 10th Milan–San Remo 2010 3rd Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 17 (ITT) 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve 2012

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

2013

10th Overall Paris–Nice 2014

National Road Championships

2nd Road race 9th Overall Dubai Tour 9th Overall Paris–Nice 2015 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 1 (TTT)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Did not finish = DNF