Attila Valter Explained

Attila Valter
Full Name:Attila Valter
Nickname:The Hungarian Hussar, Valter White
Birth Date:12 June 1998
Birth Place:Csömör, Hungary
Height:1.85 m
Weight:65 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Amateuryears1:2015–2017
Amateurteam1:Cube Csömör
Amateuryears2:2018
Amateuryears3:2019
Proyears1:2020
Proteam1:[1]
Proyears2:2021–2022
Proteam2:[2] [3]
Proyears3:2023–
Majorwins:One-day races and classics

National Road Race Championships (2022, 2023, 2024)

National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2023)

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

Career

In 2019 Valter joined the, 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 . 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] Valter joined 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.

Major results

Mountain bike

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

    Road

    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

    Grand Tour20202021202220232024
    Giro d'Italia27143522
    Tour de France
    Vuelta a España22

    Classics results timeline

    Monument20202021202220232024
    Milan–San Remo34
    Tour of Flanders
    Paris–RoubaixNH
    Liège–Bastogne–Liège2640
    Giro di LombardiaOTL12DNF22
    Classic20202021202220232024
    Strade Bianche4519
    Amstel Gold RaceNH30
    Brabantse Pijl
    La Flèche Wallonne11
    Clásica de San SebastiánNH
    Bretagne Classic
    Grand Prix Cycliste de QuébecNot held27
    Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal18

    Major championships timeline

    Event201920202021202220232024
    Olympic GamesRoad raceNot heldDNFNot held4
    Time trial22
    World ChampionshipsRoad race7623
    Time trial
    European ChampionshipsRoad raceDNF
    Time trial
    National ChampionshipsRoad race31315111
    Time trial122DNS12
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish
    DNSDid not start
    OTLOver the limit

    Notes and References

    1. News: Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 November 2019. 1 January 2020.
    2. Web site: Groupama - FDJ. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101153609/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15240/1000562/279. 1 January 2021.
    3. News: Transfert - Attila Valter et Matteo Badilatti chez Groupama-FDJ. French. Transfers - Attila Valter and Matteo Badilatti with Groupama-FDJ. Cyclism'Actu. Swar Agency. 30 September 2020. 30 September 2020. François. Bonnefoy.
    4. Web site: Team Jumbo–Visma. UCI. 6 January 2023.
    5. Web site: Attila Valter: The First Hungarian to wear the Pink Jersey . Timms . Joe . 14 May 2021 . Rouleur. 14 May 2021.
    6. Web site: 103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 2 October 2020.