# Michael Valgren

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. In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.

## Career

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.
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.
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.
In November 2020, Valgren signed a two-year contract with the EF Education–Nippo team. He was added to the start list of the Tour de France for the 7th time in his career in 2021. In September, he won the Coppa Sabatini and the Giro della Toscana one-day races as well as the bronze medal in the UCI World road race championships.
At the Route d'Occitanie in June 2022, Valgren was badly injured in a crash, sustaining a fractured pelvis, dislocated hip, injuries to the ACL and MCL and a damaged meniscus. He was unable to race for the rest of the year, and moved down to the EF Education–Nippo Development Team the following year as he transitioned back to racing. He returned to competition on April 30, 2023 and soon after announced he would rejoin the World Tour squad the following year.

## Major results
### 2009

    2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
    3rd Overall GP Général Patton
       1st Stage 1
    6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
    8th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt der Junioren

### 2010

    National Junior Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       3rd Road race
    10th Overall Liège–La Gleize
    10th Time trial, UCI Juniors Road World Championships

### 2011

    4th Himmerland Rundt

### 2012

    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
    2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 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 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
    1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
    2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop U23
    9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
    10th GP Herning

### 2014 (2 pro wins)

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       3rd Time trial
    1st Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Young rider classification
    3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    4th Overall Tour des Fjords
    4th Japan Cup

### 2015

    1st Young rider classification, Dubai Tour

### 2016 (2)

    1st Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Stage 3
    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial
    2nd Amstel Gold Race

### 2017

    2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
    6th Overall BinckBank Tour
    6th E3 Harelbeke

### 2018 (2)

    1st Amstel Gold Race
    1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    2nd Bretagne Classic
    4th Tour of Flanders
    7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

### 2019

    4th Bretagne Classic
    5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    6th Chrono des Nations
    10th Overall BinckBank Tour

### 2021 (2)

    1st Coppa Sabatini
    1st Giro della Toscana
    3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Road race, National Road Championships

### 2023

    3rd GP Herning
    8th Coppa Sabatini
    9th Japan Cup

### 2024

    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    8th Dwars door Vlaanderen

### 2025

    8th Strade Bianche

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| Tour de France | — | DNF | 77 | 61 | 44 | 75 | 73 | 53 | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 35 | 97 | — | 99 | 52 | 25 | — | 100 | |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | 102 | 21 | DNF | 36 | — | 45 | |
| 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 | 2025 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | 30 | 1 | 45 | 21 | — | DNF | — | 67 | 132 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 36 | — | 45 | 30 | — | 11 | — | — | 8 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | 6 | 14 | 39 | NH | — | 20 | — | 73 | |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | — | — | DNF | 29 | NH | 45 | 73 | — | 8 | |
| Amstel Gold Race | 123 | 22 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 53 | NH | 13 | 15 | — | — | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | 45 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 4 | — | 22 | — | — | 43 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | 125 | 99 | — | 9 | 19 | Not held | Not held | — | — | 111 | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 33 | 23 | — | 8 | 5 | Not held | Not held | — | — | DNF | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |