Johnny Weltz (born 20 March 1962) is a Danish retired road bicycle racer. He rode most of his career for the Spanish 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.

Johnny Weltz

After his active career, he worked in various capacities for the professional teams , , and (back then called MemoryCard – Jack&Jones, and later CSC – World Online). Weltz was most recently a directeur sportif with Team Slipstream.

Johnny Weltz

Major results

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Johnny Weltz

1985

2nd Road race, UCI Amateur World Road Championships

8th Overall Milk Race

9th Overall Tour of Ireland

1986

8th Overall Milk Race

1987

1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise

1st GP de Plumelec-Morbihan

6th Grand Prix de Rennes

7th Overall Tour du Limousin

7th Bretagne Classic

8th Overall Route d'Occitanie

9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

9th Overall Tour of Ireland

9th Critérium des As

1988

1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España

1st Stage 19 Tour de France

3rd Overall Tour du Limousin

4th Subida a Urkiola

1989

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country

7th GP Villafranca de Ordizia

9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1990

2nd GP de la Libération (TTT) 7th road race, UCI World Road Championships 1991 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a España 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya 2nd TTT GP de la Libération 2nd Circuito de Getxo 9th Milan–San Remo 1992 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Mallorca 9th Overall Tour de Picardie 1993 1st GP Miguel Induráin 1st Stage 2 TTT Paris–Nice

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

1962 births

Living people

Danish male cyclists

Danish Tour de France stage winners

Cyclists from Copenhagen