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Jussi Veikkanen
Finnish cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jussi Veikkanen (born 29 March 1981) is a Finnish former road racing cyclist, who rode as a professional between 2005 and 2015 for the Omega Pharma–Lotto and FDJ teams.[2] He won the Finnish National Road Race Championships seven times between 2003 and 2014.[3]
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Career
Born in Riihimäki, Veikkanen started his career with team Mälarenergi and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with Française des Jeux.
After a long breakaway on stage 2 of the 2009 Tour de France he donned the polka-dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification. He kept the jersey until stage 6, when Stéphane Augé took it.
He signed with Omega Pharma–Lotto for the 2011 season,[4] but rejoined FDJ–BigMat for the 2012 season.[5]
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.[2]
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Major results
- 2002
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2003
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2nd Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 2004
- 1st Grand Prix des Marbriers
- 2nd Overall Ruban Granitier Breton
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Paris–Troyes
- 2005
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2006
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st Stage 2
- 8th Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
- 2007
- 3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo
- 8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2008
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Route du Sud
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 10th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 6[6]
- 2009
- 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 9th Overall Tour Down Under
- 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- Tour de France
- Held
after Stages 2–5
- Held
- 2010
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 2
- 2013
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2014
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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References
External links
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