Attila Valter

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Attila Valter
Personal information
Full nameAttila Valter
NicknameThe Hungarian Hussar, Valter White
Born (1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 23)
Csömör, Hungary
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
DisciplineRoad
RoleClimber
Amateur teams
2015–2017Cube Csömör
2018Pannon Cycling Team
2019CCC Development Team
Professional teams
2020CCC Team[1]
2021–Groupama–FDJ
Major wins
Stage races
Tour de Hongrie (2020)

One-day races and classics

National Time Trial Championships (2019)

Attila Valter (born 12 June 1998 in Csömör) is a Hungarian cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[2][3] 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.[4] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia, making his Grand Tour debut.[5][4] 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.[4]

Major results[]

2015
1st MaillotHungary.png National Junior XC MTB Championships
2016
1st MaillotHungary.png National Junior XC MTB Championships
2017
3rd National XC MTB Championships
9th Overall Tour of Szeklerland
2018
National Under–23 Road Championships
1st MaillotHungary.png Road race
1st MaillotHungary.png Time trial
9th Road race, European Under–23 Road Championships
2019
National Road Championships
1st MaillotHungary.png 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 Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc II
3rd Overall Belgrade Banjaluka
1st Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Hongrie
1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
1st Jersey white.svg Hungarian rider classification
1st Stage 5
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
10th Gran Piemonte
2021
Giro d'Italia
Held Jersey pink.svg after Stages 6–8
Held Jersey white.svg after Stages 4–8
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

General classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 27 14
A yellow jersey Tour de France —
A red jersey Vuelta a España —
Major stage race general classification results timeline
Race 2020 2021
Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice — —
Jersey blue.svg Tirreno–Adriatico — —
MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya NH 38
Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie —
Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné — —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse NH —

Classics results timeline[]

Monument 2020 2021
Milan–San Remo — —
Tour of Flanders — —
Paris–Roubaix NH
Liège–Bastogne–Liège — —
Giro di Lombardia OTL
Classic 2020 2021
Strade Bianche — —
Amstel Gold Race NH —
Brabantse Pijl — —
La Flèche Wallonne — —
Clásica de San Sebastián NH
Bretagne Classic —
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec NH
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

Major championships timeline[]

Event 2019 2020 2021
Olympic Games Road race Not Held DNF
Time trial
World Championships Road race — 76
Time trial — —
European jersey European Championships Road race — —
Time trial — —
MaillotHungary.png National Championships Road race 3 13
Time trial 1 2 2
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
OTL Over the limit

References[]

  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. ^ Jump up to: a b c Timms, Joe (14 May 2021). "Attila Valter: The First Hungarian to wear the Pink Jersey". Rouleur (magazine). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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