Joona Laukka
Personal information
Full nameJoona Laukka
Born (1972-06-30) 30 June 1972
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1992–1994Vélo-Club de Roubaix
2001Bressuire AC
Professional teams
1994Festina–Lotus (stagiaire)
1995–1997Festina–Lotus
1998Lotto–Mobistar
1999Acceptcard Pro Cycling
1999–2000Benfica–Winterthur
2002Jean 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

1989
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1990
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
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
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

Grand Tour 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 14
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF 35
A yellow jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF 85 42
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Joona Laukka". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. "Joona Laukka". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
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