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Peter Velits

Peter Velits is a Slovak former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights included third place overall and a stage win at the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2007 World Under-23 Road Race Championships gold and the 2012 Tour of Oman overall victory. Velits was also known as strong time-trialist, winning three consecutive team time trials as a part of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step in 2012 and 2013 and riding on the BMC Racing Team in 2014 UCI Road World Championships. His twin brother, Martin Velits also competed professionally, having raced on the same teams every year until the end of the 2013 season.

Post-cycling career
Following his retirement from professional cycling in 2016, Velits co-founded Isadore Apparel, a sustainable cycling clothing brand based in Púchov, Slovakia, together with his twin brother Martin Velits. The brand was established in 2013 while Velits was still competing professionally, with Peter managing operations alongside his racing career before dedicating himself to the company full-time upon retirement. Isadore produces cycling apparel using sustainable materials including merino wool, with manufacturing based in Europe under OEKO-TEX and bluesign standards.{{cite web |url=https://www.bike24.com/brands/isadore {{cite web |url=https://posedla.com/blogs/blog/from-the-pro-peloton-straight-to-the-sewing-machine-the-story-of-the-isadore ==Major results==
Major results
;2003 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial ;2004 : 7th Overall Tour d'Egypte : 10th Overall UAE Emirates Post Tour : 10th Grand Prix Bradlo ;2005 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra : 3rd Overall Giro delle Regioni : 6th Overall Ringerike GP ;2006 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Overall Giro del Capo ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Grand Prix Kooperativa : 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Overall Tour de Bretagne : 4th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 5th Overall Tour de la Somme : 9th Overall Tour of Japan ;2007 : 1st Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies : 3rd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald : 9th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt ::1st Young rider classification : 9th Overall Giro del Capo ;2008 : Combativity award Stage 17 Tour de France ;2009 : 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián : 5th Gran Premio di Lugano : 6th Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague : 7th Monte Paschi Strade Bianche : 8th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald : 10th Milan–San Remo ;2010 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 17 (ITT) : 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve ;2012 : 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships : National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Overall Tour of Oman ;2013 : 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships : 10th Overall Paris–Nice ;2014 : 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships : National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::2nd Road race : 9th Overall Dubai Tour : 9th Overall Paris–Nice ;2015 : Vuelta a España ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) ::Held after Stage 1 Grand Tour general classification results timeline Did not finish = DNF ==References==
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