Veikkanen at the 2014 Volta a Catalunya | |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Full name | Jussi Veikkanen |
Born | (1981-03-29) 29 March 1981 (age 43) Riihimäki, Finland |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Groupama–FDJ |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider (retired) Directeur sportif |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Amateur teams | |
2001 | Top Kärnten–Giant |
2002–2003 | Mälarenergi–Sime |
2004 | VC Roubaix |
Professional teams | |
2005–2010 | Française des Jeux |
2011 | Omega Pharma–Lotto |
2012–2015 | FDJ–BigMat |
Managerial team | |
2016– | FDJ (directeur sportif) |
Major wins | |
National Road Race Championships (2003, 2005–2006, 2008, 2010, 2013–2014) | |
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. He won the Finnish National Road Race Championships seven times between 2003 and 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, but rejoined FDJ–BigMat for the 2012 season.
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.
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
- 2009
- 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 3rd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 9th Overall Tour Down Under
- 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- Tour de France
- 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia | — | 70 | 44 | 50 | — | — | 119 | 146 | — | 109 | 147 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | DNF | — | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | DNF |
— | Did not compete |
---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
References
- "FDJ.fr (FDJ) — FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "News shorts: Zandio to retire at end of 2016, Veikkanen announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- "Jussi Veikkanen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- "Veikkanen to Lotto". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- "BigMat joins FDJ as co-sponsor in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- Veikkanen sprints ahead www.cyclingnews.com 4 September 2008
External links
Media related to Jussi Veikkanen at Wikimedia Commons
- Jussi Veikkanen at UCI
- Jussi Veikkanen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Jussi Veikkanen at ProCyclingStats
- Jussi Veikkanen at Cycling Quotient
- Jussi Veikkanen at CycleBase