Jussi Veikkanen

Jussi Veikkanen (born 29 March 1981) is a retired Finnish road racing cyclist, who rode as a professional between 2005 and 2015 for the Omega Pharma–Lotto and FDJ teams. Born in Riihimäki, Veikkanen started his career with team Mälarenergi and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with Française des Jeux. He won the Finnish National Road Race Championships seven times between 2003 and 2014.[2]

Jussi Veikkanen
Veikkanen at the 2014 Volta a Catalunya
Personal information
Full nameJussi Veikkanen
Born (1981-03-29) 29 March 1981
Riihimäki, Finland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider (retired)
Directeur sportif
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2001Top Kärnten–Giant
2002–2003Mälarenergi–Sime
2004VC Roubaix
Professional teams
2005–2010Française des Jeux
2011Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012–2015FDJ–BigMat[1]
Managerial team
2016–FDJ (directeur sportif)
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014)

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]

Career achievements

Major results
2003
1st National Road Race Championships
2005
1st National Road Race Championships
5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
2006
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2007
3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2008
1st National Road Race Championships
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
2010
1st National Road Race Championships
6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 2
2013
1st National Road Race Championships
10th Overall Tour Down Under
2014
1st National Road Race Championships
2015
2nd National Road Race Championships
3rd National Time Trial Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Giro d'Italia — 70 44 50 — — 119 146 — 109 147
Tour de France — — — — 106 — — — — — —
Vuelta a España DNF — 135 — — — — — DNF — DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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References
  1. "FDJ.fr (FDJ) — FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. "Jussi Veikkanen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. "Veikkanen to Lotto". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  4. "BigMat joins FDJ as co-sponsor in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  5. "News shorts: Zandio to retire at end of 2016, Veikkanen announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  6. Veikkanen sprints ahead www.cyclingnews.com 4 September 2008

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