Josef Lontscharitsch

Josef Lontscharitsch (born April 11, 1970 in Madrid , Spain ) is a former Austrian cyclist .

Josef Lontscharitsch was a versatile racing driver, on the road and on the track . In 1987 he finished third at the Junior Road World Championships in Bergamo , making him the first Austrian to win a World Championship medal in the junior road race. In 1995 he was Austrian road champion; In 1998 he was able to win the national title again. In 1999 and 2000 he won the sprint jersey at the Tour of Austria . In 1999 he also won the Raiffeisen Grand Prix .

Lontscharitsch, son of a Spanish mother and an Austrian father, was a globetrotter when it came to cycling: he won several stages in tours in Colombia , Panama , Venezuela , Mexico and other countries, in 1997 the overall ranking of the Panama Tour and contributed the yellow jersey for eight days the Mexico Tour . In addition, Lontscharitsch represented Austria several times at the UCI road world championships .

In 2003 Josef Lontscharitsch ended his cycling career and has been working as a salesman for his former sponsor Elk-Prefabricated House since then .

Web links

• Josef Lontscharitsch in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official website of Josef Lontscharitsch , accessed on June 4, 2019