Joona Laukka
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Joona Laukka |
| Born | 30 June 1972 Helsinki, Finland |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1992–1994 | Vélo-Club de Roubaix |
| 2001 | Bressuire AC |
| Professional teams | |
| 1994 | Festina–Lotus (stagiaire) |
| 1995–1997 | Festina–Lotus |
| 1998 | Lotto–Mobistar |
| 1999 | Acceptcard Pro Cycling |
| 1999–2000 | Benfica–Winterthur |
| 2002 | Jean Delatour |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de Wallonie (1994) | |
Joona Laukka (born 30 June 1972) is a Finnish former racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1996.[1] He also competed in the road race event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2] 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
[edit]- 1989
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 1990
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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 Tour de Corrèze
- 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
[edit]| Grand Tour | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 14 | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | DNF | 35 | — |
/ Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | — | 85 | 42 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Joona Laukka". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Joona Laukka". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
External links
[edit]- Joona Laukka at Cycling Archives
- Joona Laukka at ProCyclingStats
- Joona Laukka at Cycling Quotient
- Joona Laukka at Olympedia
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