Johan van der Velde

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Johan van der Velde Road cycling
Johan van der Velde 1982
Johan van der Velde 1982
To person
Date of birth December 12, 1956
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
discipline Street
End of career 1990
Team (s)
1978–1983
1984
1985
1986
1987–1988
1988–1989
1989
1990
1990 		TI-Raleigh
Metauro Mobili-Pinarello
Vini Ricordi-Pinarello
Panasonic-Merckx-Agu
Gis Gelati
TVM-Yoko 08.1988-06.1989
Carrera Jeans-Vagabond 08.1989-12.1989
IOC-Tulip-Rossin 01.1990-05.1990
Artiach-Royal 06.1990-12.1990
Most important successes

Critérium du Dauphiné 1980
Championship of Zurich 1983
3rd place Tour de France 1982

Last updated: July 19, 2020

Johan van der Velde (born December 12, 1956 in Rijsbergen ) is a former Dutch cyclist . He was a professional from 1978 to 1990.

Athletic career

Van der Velde began his professional career in 1978 with the TI-Raleigh team . In the first season he won the Tour of the Netherlands and the Tour de Romandie . The following year he took part in his first Tour de France . He finished them in 14th place and was able to win both team time trials with the team.

In 1980 he won the Critérium du Dauphiné and was Dutch road champion. During the tour he supported Joop Zoetemelk in his victory. TI-Raleigh again won both team time trials and van der Velde managed to win the junior championship of the Tour de France with 12th place . He finished twelfth again in the Tour de France in 1981 and won two stages.

In 1982 he was again Dutch champion and was at the Tour de France 1982 in third behind the winner Bernard Hinault and the second Joop Zoetemelk on the podium in Paris.

In 1983 he won the championship in Zurich .

From 1984 van der Velde drove at Metauro Mobili, although he had offers from Peter Post or Jan Raas . That year he finished fourth at Paris-Roubaix and third each at Settimana Internazionale and Milan-Vignola . He also finished the Giro d'Italia 1984 in fifth place overall.

In 1986 he drove for Peter Post's Panasonic team . That year he won a stage in the Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey for two days.

From 1987 to 1988 he drove for the Italian team Gis Gelati. During this time he was able to win the points classification of the Giro d'Italia and in 1987 two difficult stages through the Dolomites. The picture of the passage on the Gaviapass at the Giro d'Italia in 1988 , when he was the first to arrive at the snow-covered pass in a short-sleeved jersey and finished this stage 47 minutes behind the winner, because he was paralyzed on the descent by the cold was.

Van der Velde's active career ended abruptly on May 30, 1989, when he suddenly left during the Giro d'Italia and initially seemed to have disappeared without a trace. He was officially listed as a team member in other teams, but he was probably not used in any of the teams.

After the sports career

After his active days, he got on the wrong track due to his dependence on amphetamines and served a ten-month prison sentence for several burglaries. After his time in prison, he got a job as a welder in the port of Rotterdam and looked after VIP during some races for the Quick Step team .

From 2012 he is active in the organization of cycling races, cycling trips and as an ambassador for the Cycle for Hope Foundation . From 2015 he works as a bus driver for the Roompot Oranje Peloton . In February 2019 it became known that van der Velde had leukemia .

doping

In 1981 van der Velde won Liège – Bastogne – Liège and was convicted of doping. In June 1981 van der Velde was suspended for one month for doping and was fined 125 Dutch guilders . At the end of his sporting career, he admitted to using amphetamines regularly and said, "A new criterion every day. It's hideous, but you have to make money. So to keep up we take amphetamines every two or three days. During the Tour de France is the same every day: a tip in the morning and a tablet in the evening. "

family

His two sons Ricardo van der Velde and Alain van der Velde and his brother Theo van der Velde were also cyclists.

music

The song Tulipani by the Italian music group Offlaga Disco Pax on their album Gioco di società (it) deals with the event on the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia around van der Velde on June 5, 1988 over the Gaviapass .

successes

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Golden jersey Vuelta a España - - - - - - - - - -
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - 5 22nd 16 9 65 DNF
Yellow jersey Tour de France 14th 12 12 3 DNF - - - - - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Monuments-of-cycling placements

Monument to cycling 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Milan – Sanremo - - - - - 11 50 67 40 58
Tour of Flanders - - - 10 8th 17th - - - -
Paris – Roubaix - - 14th - - 4th - - - -
Liège – Bastogne – Liège 33 9 DSQ 6th 40 34 - - - -
Lombardy tour - - - - - - - - - -
Legend: DSQ: disqualification.

Road cycling world championship placements

World Championship 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Road racing 26th 28 DNF 11 18th - 22nd 9 22nd 61 DNF
Individual time trial
Team time trial
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

literature

  • Bart Jungmann: Long het Ravijn. Het Veelbewogen Wielerleven van Johan van der Velde . 2001.
  • John van Ierland / Marlies Lacroix: De Speer van Rijsbergen - het is zoals het is . 2015.
  • Jan Siebelink : Pijn is genot (pain is pleasure), Verlag Thomas Rap 1992, 300 pages, ISBN 978-90-600-59968 . (Portrait of the two professional cyclists, Erik Breulink and Johan van der Velde)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johan van der Velde's biography. In: johanvandervelde.nl. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ^ Andy Hampsten and the 1988 Pink Jersey: Part 1. In: archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ There can be no victory against luck and health. In: klantenco.nl. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ In the Dutch doping swamp. In: deutschlandfunk.de. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  5. Jump up to finance amphetamine addiction. In: nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ Johan van der Velde's biography. In: johanvandervelde.nl. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
  7. ^ Graham Healy: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Johan van der Velde - The Bike Comes First. In: thebikecomesfirst.com. November 3, 2014, accessed on July 19, 2020 .
  8. ^ Johan van der Velde (62) met with acute leukemia. In: WielerFlits. Retrieved February 8, 2019 (Dutch).
  9. ^ Official misstep of Van de Velde and Maas. In: delpher.nl. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
  10. ↑ Those who dared to speak. In: liberation.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (French).


personal data
SURNAME Velde, Johan van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Rijsbergen , Netherlands