Michael Valgren

Michael Valgren

Valgren in 2026
Personal information
Full name	Michael Valgren Hundahl
Born	Michael Valgren Andersen (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 34) Østerild, Denmark
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Cycling career
Sport	Cycling
Current team	EF Education–EasyPost
Discipline	Road
Role	Puncheur Classics specialist
Professional teams
2011–2013	Glud & Marstrand–LRØ
2014–2016	Tinkoff–Saxo
2017–2018	Astana
2019–2020	Team Dimension Data
2021–2022	EF Education–Nippo
2023	EF Education–Nippo Development Team
2024–	EF Education–EasyPost
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2026) Stage races Danmark Rundt (2014, 2016) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2014) Amstel Gold Race (2018) Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2018) Coppa Sabatini (2021)
Medal record Representing  Denmark Men's road cycling World Championships 2021 Flanders Road race

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. In 2026 he won stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia, marking a comeback from injury.

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 had 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. 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.

Valgren won stage 17 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia, attacking from the breakaway just over a kilometre from the finish line. This was his first grand tour victory, and he dedicated the win to his son who had made him a lucky charm for the race.

Valgren was selected for the 2026 Tour de France.

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	38	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	DNF	77	61	44	75	73	53	—	—	—	72
Vuelta a España	128	—	—	—	—	—	33	—	—	—	—	—

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael Valgren.

• Michael Valgren at UCI
• Michael Valgren at ProCyclingStats
• Michael Valgren at Cycling Quotient
• Michael Valgren at CycleBase
• Michael Valgren at Olympedia
• Michael Valgren at InterSportStats