Michael Valgren
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Valgren at the 2015 Tour de France
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| Full name | Michael Valgren Andersen |
| Born | February 7, 1992 Denmark |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Tinkoff |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011–2013 | Glud & Marstrand–LRØ |
| 2014– | Tinkoff–Saxo[1] |
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Stage Races
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| Infobox last updated on 11 February 2015 |
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Michael Valgren Andersen (born 7 February 1992) is a Danish cyclist riding for Tinkoff. He became a professional in 2011 at the age of just 19 riding for the Danish continental team Cult Energy, where he won two editions of the U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège and several other noticeable wins.
In 2014 he entered the WorldTour, when he joined Tinkoff-Saxo. He made an immediate impact, as he won the Danish national championship and Tour of Denmark.[2]
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[3]
Palmarès
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- 2009
- 3rd Overall Gp Général Patton
- 1st Stage 1
- 6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 8th Overall Internationale Junioren-rundfahrt Niedersachsen
- 2010
- 10th Overall Liège – La Gleize
- 2011
- 1st National Team Time Trial Championships
- 4th Sparekassen Himmerland GP
- 2012
- 1st National Team Time Trial Championships
- 1st U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2nd Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt (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 U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt (U23)
- 9th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt
- 10th GP Herning
- 2014
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 1st
Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 4th Overall Tour des Fjords
- 4th Japan Cup
- 2015
- 1st Young rider classification Dubai Tour
- 2016
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
References
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- ↑ http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/team/riders/michael-valgren/
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