Johnny Weltz

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ridername = Johnny Weltz


fullname = Johnny Weltz
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|3|20
country = DEN
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currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
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majorwins = 1 stage 1988 Tour de France National Road Race Champion (1989)
updated = July 22, 2008

Johnny Weltz is a retired Danish road bicycle racer. He rode most of his career for the Spanish ONCE team.

In 1985 he won silver at the world championship for amateurs. The high point of his career was his victory at stage 19 (a mountain stage) of the 1988 Tour de France, and was 54 overall. He also won a stage in Vuelta a España the same year. Later, he participated in the Tour de France 1990 (abandoned stage 14), 1991 (abandoned stage 18), and 1992 (overall 102).

After his active career, he worked in various capacities for the professional teams Motorola, US Postal, and CSC (back then called MemoryCard - Jack&Jones, and later CSC - World Online). Weltz is currently a directeur sportif with Team Slipstream.

Palmarès

;1987:GP Plumelec:La Marseillaise;1988:Angers:Quilan:Tour de France:::Winner stage 19;1989:DEN National Road Race Championship;1993:Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra

External links

*cyclingwebsite|9701
* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4937.html Official Tour de France results for Johnny Weltz]

Persondata
NAME=Weltz, Johnny
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1962-3-20
PLACE OF BIRTH=Copenhagen
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