Viktória Chladoňová (born 15 November 2006) is a Slovak cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She is the current U-23 World Champion. She won the cross-country race at the UCI Junior Mountain Bike World Championships and was runner-up in the U-23 World Championships time trial and road race in 2025.
Biography Viktória Chladoňová was born on 15 November 2006 in the village of Soblahov, in the Trenčín District. She started with cycling at the age of ten. As of 2024 she studies at a high school in Trenčín.
Career In February 2023, she was a bronze medalist in the junior race at the UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships in Tábor. That year she also finished in the top ten of the junior cyclo cross race at the 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.
She was the winner of the Nové Mesto World Cup for juniors. She was the bronze medalist in the junior race at 2024 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. She placed second overall in the Nations Cup event, the 2024 Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie.
In June 2024, she won the Slovak national junior time trial championship and won the junior Slovak and Czech road race cycling Championships. She won the junior cross country race at the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Andorra in August 2024.
In September 2024, she finished third in the junior time trial at the 2024 European Road Championships in Limburg, Belgium, and she was runner-up in the junior time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. That month, she signed with UCI Women's WorldTeam , signing a contract until 2027.
In September 2025, she won silver medals in both the U23 time trial and road race at the 2025 UCI World Road Championships in Kigali, Rwanda.
On 24 September 2026, she won the gold medal in the U23 road race at the 2026 UCI World Road Championships in Montreal, Canada, out-sprinting home rider Isabella Holmgren in a 2-up sprint. On 2 October, she placed third in the U23 road race at the 2026 European Road Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Major results Cyclo-cross
2022–2023 1st National Championships 1st Podbrezova UCI Junior World Cup 2nd Tábor 2023–2024 1st National Championships UEC Junior European Cup 1st Samorín 1st Podbrezova 1st Selce 1st Topoľčianky 1st Ziar Nad Hronom Toi Toi Cup 2nd Veselí nad Lužnicí 2nd Hlinsko 2nd Holé Vrchy 3rd Mladá Boleslav 2nd Trnava 3rd UCI World Junior Championships 3rd UEC European Junior Championships 3rd Overall UCI Junior World Cup 1st Hoogerheide 2nd Namur 2nd Troyes 2nd Benidorm 2024–2025 1st National Championships UEC Under-23 European Cup 1st Samorín 1st Trnava 1st Topoľčianky 1st Topoľčianky II 1st Podbrezova Toi Toi Cup 2nd Rýmařov 2025–2026 2nd UCI World Under-23 Championships UCI Under-23 World Cup 2nd Gavere 2nd Hoogerheide 3rd Tábor
Mountain bike
2023 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships Junior Czech MTB Cup 1st Žandov 3rd Kutna Hora 1st Junior Nová Baňa 1st Junior Turčianske Teplice 2024 1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships UCI Junior Series 1st Nové Město Junior Czech MTB Cup 1st Žandov
Road
2023 National Junior Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 6th Road race, UEC European Junior Championships 2024 (1 pro win) 1st Groupama Ladies Race Slovakia National Junior Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial UCI World Junior Championships 2nd Time trial 3rd Road race 2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie 1st Mountains classification 3rd Time trial, UEC European Junior Championships 2025 (2) National Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial UCI World Under-23 Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 4th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships 7th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura 7th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche 8th Overall Tour of Norway 1st Young rider classification 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya 2026 (3) UCI World Under-23 Championships 1st Road race 4th Time trial National Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships 3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
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