# Attila Valter

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

## Career

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. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia, making his Grand Tour debut. 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.

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

#### Classics results timeline

| 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 | Not held | 27 | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | Not held | Not held | 18 | — | |

#### Major championships timeline

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