Jussi Veikkanen is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 road racing cyclist. He started his career with team Mälarenergi

Mälarenergi

Mälarenergi AB is a city-owned electric power and district heating provider based in Västerås, Sweden. Mälarenergi has around 570 employees and four daughter corporations: Elnät AB, Stadsnät AB, Försäljning AB and Vattenkraft AB...

 and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with FDJ. After a long breakaway on stage 2 of the 2009 Tour de France

2009 Tour de France

The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 4 July in the principality of Monaco with a individual time trial which included a section of the Circuit de Monaco...

 he donned the Polka Dot Jersey for king of the mountains. He kept the jersey until stage 6, when Stéphane Augé

Stéphane Augé

Stéphane Augé is a French former road racing cyclist. He is currently a sporting director for UCI Professional Continental team...

 took it.

He has signed with for the 2011 season.

Races won

2003

1st National Road Race Champion

2005

1st National Road Race Champion

2006

1st National Road Race Champion

1st Stage 1 and General Classification, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba (Tabo)

1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne

2008

1st National Road Race Champion

1st Stage 4, Route du Sud

Route du Sud

The Route du Sud is a road bicycle race held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour...

1st Stage 6, Deutschland Tour

2008 Deutschland Tour

The 2008 Deutschland Tour road cycling race took place from August 29 to September 6, 2008 in Germany and Austria. It was won by Team Columbia's Linus Gerdemann of Germany...

2010

1st National Road Race Champion

1st Stages 2 Tour Méditerranéen

Tour Méditerranéen

Tour Méditerranéen is a professional road bicycle racing event held in southern France along the Mediterranean Sea. The Tour Méditerranéen is a five-day stage race that began in 1974 and since 2005 has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event...