Johan van der Velde

Johan van der Velde is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification, also placing 12th in the general classification that year. He had been a racing cyclist for only a year. In the 1981 Tour de France, he took first place on the second and 21st stages, finishing 12th overall for the second year. He rode with TI–Raleigh in the Tour de France from 1979 to 1983 and the Panasonic team where he won Stage 5 and wore the Yellow Jersey for two days in the 1986 Tour de France.

12 December 1956

Born on the same birth day (12 December): Bob Barker • Chris Mullin (politician) • Ed Koch • Josef Doležal • Nate Clements • Nixon Chepseba • Pedro Ríos • Philip Ledger • T. J. Ward • Tony Williams (drummer) • Vladimir Shainsky • Zeli Ismail • Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz

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