Jussi Veikkanen
Jussi Veikkanen is a retired Finnish road racing cyclist, who rode as a professional between 2005 and 2015 for the and teams. Born in Riihimäki, Veikkanen started his career with team Mälarenergi and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with. He won the Finnish National Road Race Championships 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 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 FDJ as a member of staff after retiring from the road.Major results
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;2005
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;2009
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;2014
;2015| 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 |
