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Jussi Veikkanen
Professional Road Racing Cyclist, Cyclist
1981 –
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Who is Jussi Veikkanen?
Jussi Veikkanen is a Finnish road racing cyclist, with the FDJ.fr team. Born in Riihimäki, Veikkanen started his career with team Mälarenergi and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with Française des Jeux. He has won the Finnish national road race title seven times between 2003 and 2014.
After a long breakaway on stage 2 of the 2009 Tour de France he donned the Polka Dot Jersey for king of the mountains. 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.
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- Born
- Mar 29, 1981
Riihimäki - Also known as
- Вейкканен, Юсси
- Parents
- Nationality
- Finland
- Profession
- Lived in
- Riihimäki
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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