Johan van der Velde
Johan van der Velde 1982 | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | December 12, 1956 |
nation | 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 |
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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
- Overall ranking and two stages of the Tour de Romandie
- Overall ranking and a stage tour of the Netherlands
1979
- a stage Tour de Romandie
- two stages of the MZF Tour de France
1980
- Dutch championships - road racing
- Junior competition and two stages of the MZF Tour de France
- Overall ranking and one stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné
- one stage tour of the Netherlands
- four stages tour of Catalonia
1981
- two stages Tour de France
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné
- one stage tour of the Netherlands
- a stage Tour de Romandie
- two stages MZF and two stages Tour de France
- three stages tour of Catalonia
1982
- Dutch championships - road racing
- a stage of the MZF Tour de France
- one stage tour of the Netherlands
- Scoring and a stage tour of Catalonia
1983
1984
- Dutch championships - road racing
- a stage Tour de Romandie
1985
1986
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
- a stage Tour de France
- Brabant Arrow
1987
- Scoring and two stages of the Giro d'Italia
- one stage Tour de Suisse
1988
Grand Tours placements
Grand Tour | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 22nd | 16 | 9 | 65 | DNF |
Tour de France | 14th | 12 | 12 | 3 | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Monuments-of-cycling placements
Monument to cycling | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
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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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Road cycling world championship placements
World Championship | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
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Road racing | 26th | 28 | DNF | 11 | 18th | - | 22nd | 9 | 22nd | 61 | DNF |
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Team time trial |
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
- Homepage Johan van der Velde
- Johan van der Velde in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Johan van der Velde in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Johan van der Velde in the Tour de France database(French / English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johan van der Velde's biography. In: johanvandervelde.nl. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
- ^ Andy Hampsten and the 1988 Pink Jersey: Part 1. In: archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
- ↑ There can be no victory against luck and health. In: klantenco.nl. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
- ↑ In the Dutch doping swamp. In: deutschlandfunk.de. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
- Jump up to finance amphetamine addiction. In: nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
- ↑ Johan van der Velde's biography. In: johanvandervelde.nl. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
- ^ 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 .
- ^ Johan van der Velde (62) met with acute leukemia. In: WielerFlits. Retrieved February 8, 2019 (Dutch).
- ^ Official misstep of Van de Velde and Maas. In: delpher.nl. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Dutch).
- ↑ Those who dared to speak. In: liberation.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (French).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Velde, Johan van der |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rijsbergen , Netherlands |