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

1988 Tour de France

The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th Tour de France, taking place from July 4 to July 24, 1988. It consisted of 22 stages over 3281 km, ridden at an average speed of 38.909 km/h...

, and was 54 overall. He also won a stage in Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

 the same year. Later, he participated in the Tour de France 1990

1990 Tour de France

The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 22, 1990. The total race distance was 21 stages over 3504 km, with riders averaging 38.62 km/h...

 (abandoned stage 14), 1991

1991 Tour de France

The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th Tour de France, taking place July 6 to July 28, 1991. The total race distance was 22 stages over 3914 km, with riders averaging 38.747 km/h.-Stages:-General classification:-External links:* *...

 (abandoned stage 18), and 1992

1992 Tour de France

The 1992 Tour de France was the 79th Tour de France, taking place July 4 to July 26, 1992. The total race distance was 21 stages over 3983 km, with riders averaging 39.504 km/h...

 (overall 102).

After his active career, he worked in various capacities for the professional teams Motorola, US Postal, and CSC

Team CSC

Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...

 (back then called MemoryCard - Jack&Jones, and later CSC - World Online). Weltz is currently a directeur sportif

Directeur sportif

A directeur sportif is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event...

 with Team Slipstream.

Palmarès

1987

GP Plumelec

La Marseillaise

1988

Angers

Quilan

Tour de France

1988 Tour de France

The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th Tour de France, taking place from July 4 to July 24, 1988. It consisted of 22 stages over 3281 km, ridden at an average speed of 38.909 km/h...

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Winner stage 19

1989

National Road Race Championship

1993

Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Johnny Weltz