Kjell Carlström | |
Fullname: | Kjell Carlström |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1976 |
Birth Place: | Porvoo, Finland |
Weight: | 700NaN0 |
Discipline: | Road |
Proyears1: | 2002–2004 |
Proyears2: | 2005–2009 |
Proyears3: | 2010–2011 |
Manageyears1: | 2013–2016 |
Manageyears2: | 2017– |
Majorwins: | One day races National Road Race Championships (2000, 2004, 2011) |
Kjell Carlström (born 18 October 1976) is a Finnish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2011. He won the Finnish national road race title in 2000, 2004 and 2011.[1]
He raced in the Tour de France in 2005, 2006 and 2007. His best performance in the Tour de France was a second place stage finish on stage 8 in the 2006 race. In December 2011 he announced his retirement after his contract with Team Sky was not renewed and he was unable to find a new team.[2]
Starting in 2013, he became one of the directeurs sportifs at . After the team disbanded, he moved to a similar position at, where he presently works as the team's general manager.[3]