Attila Valter (born 12 June 1998 in Csömör) is a Hungarian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[4]

Attila Valter
Personal information
Full nameAttila Valter
NicknameThe Hungarian Hussar, Valter White
Born (1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 26)
Csömör, Hungary
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2015–2017Cube Csömör
2018Pannon Cycling Team
2019CCC Development Team
Professional teams
2020CCC Team[1]
2021–2022Groupama–FDJ[2][3]
2023–Team Jumbo–Visma
Major wins
One-day races and classics
National Road Race Championships (2022, 2023, 2024)
National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2023)

Career

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In 2019 Valter joined the CCC Development Team, having ridden for the Pannon Cycling Team the previous year. At the 2019 Tour de l'Avenir he won the ninth stage to Tignes. For the 2020 season Valter turned professional for the senior CCC Team. That year he won the Tour of Hungary, having finished third in the general classification the previous year. Valter was the first Hungarian winner of the race since 2005.[5] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia, making his Grand Tour debut.[6][5] Valter joined Groupama–FDJ for the 2021 season. At the 2021 Giro d'Italia, he took the overall lead after the sixth stage to San Giacomo, becoming the first Hungarian rider to wear the pink jersey.[5]

Major results

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Mountain bike

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2015
1st   Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2016
1st   Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2017
3rd Cross-country, National Championships

Road

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2017
9th Overall Tour of Szeklerland
2018
National Under-23 Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2019
National Championships
1st   Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc I
1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Avenir
2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
1st   Young rider classification
2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc II
3rd Overall Belgrade Banjaluka
1st   Young rider classification
3rd Overall Tour de Hongrie
3rd Overall Tour of Antalya
4th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
5th Overall Tour Alsace
7th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
7th Overall Tour of Romania
8th Overall CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie
10th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
2020
1st   Overall Tour de Hongrie
1st   Mountains classification
1st   Hungarian rider classification
1st Stage 5
2nd Time trial, National Championships
10th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
1st   Young rider classification
10th Gran Piemonte
2021
2nd Time trial, National Championships
Giro d'Italia
Held   after Stages 6–8
Held   after Stages 4–8
2022
1st   Road race, National Championships
4th Strade Bianche
5th Overall Tour of the Alps
10th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
2023
National Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
4th Overall Tour of Norway
4th Overall O Gran Camiño
5th Strade Bianche
2024
National Championships
1st   Road race
2nd Time trial
4th Road race, Olympic Games
5th Overall UAE Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Giro d'Italia 27 14 35 22
  Tour de France
  Vuelta a España 22 25

Classics results timeline

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Monument 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Milan–San Remo 34
Tour of Flanders
Paris–Roubaix NH
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 26 40
Giro di Lombardia OTL 12 DNF 22
Classic 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Strade Bianche 4 5 19
Amstel Gold Race NH 30
Brabantse Pijl
La Flèche Wallonne 11
Clásica de San Sebastián NH
Bretagne Classic
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec Not held 27
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 18

Major championships timeline

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Event 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Olympic Games Road race Not held DNF Not held 4
Time trial 22
  World Championships Road race 76 23
Time trial
  European Championships Road race DNF
Time trial
  National Championships Road race 3 13 15 1 1 1
Time trial 1 2 2 DNS 1 2
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DNS Did not start
OTL Over the limit

References

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  1. ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Bonnefoy, François (30 September 2020). "Transfert - Attila Valter et Matteo Badilatti chez Groupama-FDJ" [Transfers - Attila Valter and Matteo Badilatti with Groupama-FDJ]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Team Jumbo–Visma". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Timms, Joe (14 May 2021). "Attila Valter: The First Hungarian to wear the Pink Jersey". Rouleur. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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