Jussi Veikkanen
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Career
Born in Riihimäki, Veikkanen started his career with team Mälarenergi and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with Template:Cycling data FDJ.
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 Template:Cycling data OLO for the 2011 season,[3] but rejoined Template:Cycling data FDJ 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 Template:Cycling data FDJ as a member of staff after retiring from the road.[1]
Major results
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- 2002
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2003
- 1st File:MaillotFin.PNG 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 File:MaillotFin.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2006
- National Road Championships
- 1st File:MaillotFin.PNG 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 File:MaillotFin.PNG 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[5]
- 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 File:Jersey polkadot.svg after Stages 2–5
- 2010
- 1st File:MaillotFin.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 2
- 2013
- 1st File:MaillotFin.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2014
- 1st File:MaillotFin.PNG 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 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
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External links
Template:Finnish National Road Race Championships (men) Template:Authority control