Antti-Jussi Juntunen (born 6 April 1999) is a Finnish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Ferei Quick-Panda Podium Mongolia Team. He won the Finnish National Road Race Championships in 2020 and 2023.[3][4]

Antti-Jussi Juntunen
Personal information
Born (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25)
Korso, Finland
Team information
Current teamFerei Quick-Panda Podium Mongolia Team
Discipline
RoleRider
Professional teams
2020–2021Tartu2024–BalticChainCycling.com[1]
2022–2023Abloc CT[2]
2024Voltas–Tartu 2024 by CCN
2024–Ferei Quick-Panda Podium Mongolia Team
Major wins
Single-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2020, 2023)

Career

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Juntunen was introduced to cycling by his father, who ran a local cycling club, and his brother, who was also a cyclist.[5] He rode for French development team Remy Meder Haguenau as a junior,[6] before moving to Estonian team Tartu2024–BalticChainCycling.com for the 2020 season.[1] In 2020, he won the Finnish National Road Race Championships.[4]

Major results

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2016
1st   Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2017
9th Overall La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz
2019
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st   Road race
2nd Time trial
National Road Championships
5th Road race
5th Time trial
2020
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
3rd Time trial
3rd Carpathian Couriers Race
10th Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
2021
1st Stage 4 Dookoła Mazowsza
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Baltic Chain Tour
4th GP Slovenian Istria
6th Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
7th Overall Tour of Estonia
1st   Young rider classification
9th Poreč Trophy
10th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
2022
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Ton Dolmans Trofee
2023
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Nordic & Finnish Gravel Championship
1st Rosendahl GP - Maantie Cup 3
1st Helsinki Velotour Race - Maanti Cup 7
1st   Mountain classification, Sibiu Cycling Tour
2nd FNLD GRVL
2024
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ampler Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Abloc CT". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Finland 2020". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "National Championships round-up: Who won this weekend?". Cyclist. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Scouting Report - Antti-Jussi Juntunen". ProCycling. Future PLC. April 2021. p. 18.
  6. ^ Gachet, Frédéric. "Un Finlandais en DN2". DirectVelo (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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