Sara Mustonen (born 8 February 1981) is a Swedish racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Chevalmeire Cycling Team.[5] Prior to becoming a cyclist she was a boxer. She took up cycle racing after working as a bicycle courier.[1] She competed in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics[6] and the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[7] Her father is Finnish.[8]
 Mustonen in November 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sara Johanna Mustonen |
| Born | 8 February 1981 Höganäs, Sweden |
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder[1] |
| Amateur team | |
| 2019 | Chevalmeire Cycling Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007 | SC Michela Fanini Record Rox[2] |
| 2008 | CMAX Dila[2] |
| 2009 | Cykelcity.se[2] |
| 2009–2012 | Hitec Products UCK[2] |
| 2013 | Faren–Let's Go Finland[2] |
| 2014–2016 | Giant–Shimano[2] |
| 2017 | Team VéloCONCEPT |
| 2018 | Experza–Footlogix |
| 2019 | Health Mate–Cyclelive Team[3][4] |
| 2020 | Chevalmeire Cycling Team |
Major results
edit- 2006
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2008
- 6th Tour de Berne
- 10th GP Liberazione
- 2009
- National Road Championships
- 4th Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 4th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 4th Omloop van Borsele
- 5th Holland Hills Classic
- 6th Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 7th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 9th Ronde van Gelderland
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 6th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 8th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin
- 8th GP Stad Roeselare
- 9th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
- 9th Overall La Route de France
- 9th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 2011
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 3rd Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
- 5th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 5th Omloop van Borsele
- 2012
- 10th Overall Belgium Tour
- 2013
- 5th Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- 10th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 4th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 6th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Omloop van het Hageland
- 3rd Trofee Maarten Wynants
- 2016
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Diamond Tour
- 7th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
- 2017
- 9th Erondegemse Pijl
- 2018
- 3rd Overall Tour of Uppsala
- 3rd Tour of Guangxi
- 10th Grand Prix International d'Isbergues
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Tour of Uppsala
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 9th Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Sara Mustonen-Lichan". Team Liv–Plantur. Retrieved 13 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f Sara Mustonen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ "Health Mate UCI Ladies Team reveals jersey for 2019". Health Mate–Cyclelive Team. Cyclelive. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (28 June 2019). "UCI begins investigation into abuse complaints against Van Gansen". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
Cyclingnews reported in early June that three former Health Mate Ladies riders – Esther Miesels [sic], Sara Mustonen and the father of Chloë Turblin – separately filed complaints with the UCI Ethics Commission reporting abuses against Van Gansen.
- ^ "Overzicht: Wielertransfers 2020" [Overview: Cycling Transfers 2020]. WielerFlits.be (in Dutch). WielerFlits BV. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Sara Mustonen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ SARA MUSTONEN Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish) Sisuradio
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sara Mustonen.
- Sara Mustonen at UCI
- Sara Mustonen at Cycling Archives
- Sara Mustonen at ProCyclingStats
- Sara Mustonen at Cycling Quotient
- Sara Mustonen at CyclingDatabase.com (archived)
