Michael Valgren Hundahl (né Andersen; born 7 February 1992) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[6] In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.[7][8]
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Full name | Michael Valgren Hundahl | ||||||||||||||
Born | Michael Valgren Andersen 7 February 1992 Østerild, Denmark | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||
Current team | EF Education–EasyPost | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | |||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Glud & Marstrand–LRØ | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Tinkoff–Saxo[1] | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Astana[2] | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Team Dimension Data[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | EF Education–Nippo[5] | ||||||||||||||
2023 | EF Education–Nippo Development Team | ||||||||||||||
2024– | EF Education–EasyPost | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Stage races | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He became a professional in 2011 at the age of just 19 riding for the Danish continental team Glud & Marstrand–LRØ, 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.[9]
In 2014 he entered the WorldTour, when he joined Tinkoff–Saxo. He made an immediate impact, as he won the Danish National Road Race Championships and the Danmark Rundt.[10]
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.[11]
In November 2020, Valgren signed a two-year contract with the EF Education–Nippo team.[12] He was added to the start list of the Tour de France for the 7th time in his career in 2021.
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Giro d'Italia | Has not contested during his career | ||||||||
Tour de France | — | DNF | 77 | 61 | 44 | 75 | 73 | 53 | — |
Vuelta a España | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — |
Monument | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 35 | 97 | — | 99 | 52 | 25 | — | 100 |
Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | 102 | 21 | DNF | 36 | — | |
Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | DNF | — | — | |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | DNF | 14 | — | 19 | DNF | DNF | 58 | — | — | |
Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | |
Classic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | 30 | 1 | 45 | 21 | — | DNF | — | 67 |
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | 54 | 89 | DNF | 44 | — | 26 | — | — |
Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 36 | — | 45 | 30 | — | 11 | — | — |
E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | 6 | 14 | 39 | NH | — | 20 | — | 73 |
Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | — | — | DNF | 29 | 45 | 73 | — | 8 | |
Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | 33 | 26 | DNF | 93 | — | 35 | — | 36 |
Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 11 | 52 | |
Amstel Gold Race | 123 | 22 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 53 | NH | 13 | 15 | — | |
La Flèche Wallonne | DNF | DNF | 96 | DNF | 50 | 100 | — | 46 | — | — | |
Bretagne Classic | — | 45 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 4 | — | 22 | — | — | |
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | 125 | 99 | — | 9 | 19 | NH | — | — | ||
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 33 | 23 | — | 8 | 5 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
NH | Not held |