Antti-Jussi Juntunen Explained

Antti-Jussi Juntunen
Birth Date:6 April 1999
Birth Place:Korso, Finland
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2020–2021
Proteam1:[1]
Proyears2:2022–2023
Proteam2:[2]
Proyears3:2024
Proyears4:2024–
Majorwins:Single-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2020, 2023)

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

Career

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 for the 2020 season. In 2020, he won the Finnish National Road Race Championships.

Major results

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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Ampler Development Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 30 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210130205041/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15312/2003434/276. 30 January 2021.
    2. Web site: Abloc CT . . UCI.org . 27 September 2022.
    3. Web site: National Championship, Road, Elite, Finland 2020 . Cycling Archives . 13 September 2020.
    4. Web site: National Championships round-up: Who won this weekend? . Cyclist . 13 September 2020.
    5. . Scouting Report - Antti-Jussi Juntunen . ProCycling . Future PLC . April 2021 . 18 .
    6. Web site: Gachet . Frédéric . Un Finlandais en DN2 . French . DirectVelo . 10 October 2021.