Jussi Veikkanen

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]

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)

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]

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 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 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 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
Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 70 44 50 — — 119 146 — 109 147
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — 106 — — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF — 135 — — — — — DNF — DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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. "News shorts: Zandio to retire at end of 2016, Veikkanen announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  3. "Jussi Veikkanen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  4. "Veikkanen to Lotto". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. "BigMat joins FDJ as co-sponsor in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  6. Veikkanen sprints ahead www.cyclingnews.com 4 September 2008

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