Jussi Veikkanen (born 29 March 1981) is a Finnish former road racing cyclist, who rode as a professional between 2005 and 2015 for the and 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 .
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 for the 2011 season, but rejoined 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 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 6Veikkanen sprints ahead www.cyclingnews.com 4 September 2008 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 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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