Finnish – Climber
Date and place of birth : April 16th, 1997 in Ruokolahti (Finland)
Height : 1m77 / Weight : 59kg
Turned pro in 1st August 2019
In the AG2R CITROËN TEAM since 1st August 2019
Q&A
Your nickname: Jaska
Your favorite race: The Tour de France. I hope to ride that race one day
Your best memory on bike: winning Tour du Gévaudan
Your worst memory on bike : the races I’ve crashed
Where you start cycling : In Finland, doing 10km ITT with a mountain bike when I was 8 years old
Your hobbies: scouting and fishing
Your favorite music : All kind of music. I can get a good rhythm on the bike
If you were a dish: pancakes
If you were a movie : Million dollar baby
If you had to practise another job, which one? : Bike mechanic
What is precious for you: my family
Your qualities : Calmness, I like to make plannings
Your defaults : Too much stressed
HIGLIGHTS
2021
- 10th Mercan’Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes
2020
- 14th overall, Tour de l’Ain
2019 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- 4th on Tour du Doubs
2018 (EC Saint-Eienne Loire)
- Winner Tour du Gévaudan
- Overall winner, Tour du Chablais / 2nd and 4th on stages
- Overall winner, Tour de Tarentaise / 2nd, 3rd and 4th on stages
- 2nd overall, Tour du Beaujolais / 4th and 6th on stages
- 2nd Prix des deux ponts
- 2nd G.P. de Puyloubier
- 2nd G.P. des Foires d’Orval
- 2nd and 4th on stages, l’Estivale Bretonne
- 2nd Tour de l’agglomération de Bourg-en-Bresse
- 3rd U23 Road race World Championship
- 3rd Classic Jean-Patrick Dubuisson
- 4th Tour du Charolais
- 4th G.P. de Villapourçon
- 5th Prix des vins nouveaux à Vesdun
- 6th Annemasse-Bellegarde
- 8th Scandinavian Race
2017 (AC Bisontine)
- U23 National Finland Road race champion
- U23 National Finland ITT champion
- Winner G.P. Christian Fenioux
- 2nd Finland National Road race championship Elite
- 2nd Prix de Jura Nord
- 3rd overall, Tour du Chablais / 4th on a stage
- 4th on a stage, Baltic Chain Tour
- 7th on a stage, Tour de Moselle
- 10th Prix de Valentin
- 14th Tour d’Alsace
- 14th Tour de la Manche