Jussi Veikkanen

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Jussi Veikkanen
File:Jussi Veikkanen (Barcelona-Etapa 8-Volta Catalunya 2014).JPG
Veikkanen at the 2014 Volta a Catalunya
Personal information
Full name Jussi Veikkanen
Born (1981-03-29) 29 March 1981 (age 43)
Riihimäki, Finland
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Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team Groupama–FDJ
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2002–2003 Mälarenergi
2005–2010 Française des Jeux
2011 Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012– FDJ–BigMat
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014)
Infobox last updated on
5 January 2015

Jussi Veikkanen (born 29 March 1981) is a Finnish road racing cyclist, with the Groupama–FDJ team.[1] Born in Riihimäki, Veikkanen started his career with team Mälarenergi and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with Française des Jeux. He has won the Finnish national road race title seven times between 2003 and 2014.[2]

After a long breakaway on stage 2 of the 2009 Tour de France he donned the Polka Dot Jersey for king of the mountains. He kept the jersey until stage 6, when Stéphane Augé took it.

He signed with Omega Pharma–Lotto for the 2011 season,[3] but rejoined FDJ–BigMat for the 2012 season.[4]

Veikkanen announced ahead of the 2015 edition of the Tour de Vendée that the race would be his last as a professional, and that he would remain with FDJ as a member of staff after retiring from the road.[5]

Palmarès

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2003
1st MaillotFin.PNG National Road Race Championships
2005
1st MaillotFin.PNG National Road Race Championships
2006
1st MaillotFin.PNG National Road Race Championships
1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
2008
1st MaillotFin.PNG National Road Race Championships
1st Stage 4, Route du Sud
1st Stage 6, Deutschland Tour[6]
2010
1st MaillotFin.PNG National Road Race Championships
1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen
2013
1st MaillotFin.PNG National Road Race Championships
10th Overall Tour Down Under
2014
1st MaillotFin.PNG National Road Race Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Pink jersey Giro — 70 44 50 — — 119 146 — 109 —
Yellow jersey Tour — — — — 106 — — — — — —
red jersey Vuelta WD — 135 — — — — — WD — WD

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/veikkanen-to-lotto
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Veikkanen sprints ahead www.cyclingnews.com 4 September 2008

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

  • Jussi Veikkanen at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Jussi Veikkanen profile at Cycling Quotient
  • Jussi Veikkanen profile at ProCyclingStats


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