Career
His career highlights include winning the 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men"s Under-23 Road Race and the 2012 Tour of Oman. He was promoted to second place in the 2010 Vuelta a España after Ezequiel Mosquera tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch. Velits is also known as strong time-trialist, winning three consecutive team time trials as a part of Omega Pharma-Quickstep in 2012 and 2013 and riding on Business Service Management Racing in 2014 UCI Road World Championships.
After two seasons with the team, Velits left Omega Pharma–Quick-Step at the end of the 2013 season to join the Business Service Management Racing Team.