Jussi Veikkanen

Jussi Veikkanen
Veikkanen at the 2014 Volta a Catalunya
Personal information
Full nameJussi Veikkanen
Born (1981-03-29) 29 March 1981 (age 43)
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)

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]

  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.