Joona Laukka (born 30 June 1972) is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1996. He also competed in the road race event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. During the 1998 Tour de France Laukka escaped with six other riders in a breakaway that stayed away to the finish and as a result he was in 4th place overall for two stages. He would eventually abandon the 98 Tour, but finished the 1997 Tour de France in the top quarter of the field coming in 35th place.
Laukka won the 1994 edition of Tour de Wallonie.
Major results
1989 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 1990 National Junior Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 1992 10th Overall Tour of Sweden 1994 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Stage 8 (ITT) 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 1995 7th Trophée des Grimpeurs 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 8th Overall Etoile de Bessèges 1996 National Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 43rd Overall Route du Sud 1997 1st Stage 7 Tour de l'Avenir 1998 10th Trofeo Laigueglia 1999 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Overall Ringerike GP 2000 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2001 1st Overall 1st Stage 1 National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 3rd Road race 4th Overall Circuit des Mines 7th Overall Tour of Sweden
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Giro d'Italia —14 — — — Tour de France — —DNF35 — / Vuelta a EspañaDNF — —8542
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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