Kjell Carlström Explained

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]

Major results

2003
  • 1st Stage 7 Tour of Queensland
    2004
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Overall UNIQA Classic
  • 1st Stage 2
    2005
  • 1st Stage 3 UNIQA Classic
    2007
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2008
  • 1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Klasika Primavera
    2009
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
    2010
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2011
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Kjell Carlström . 5 May 2014 . Cycling Archives.
    2. News: Carlström facing retirement after 10 years. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 December 2011. 6 January 2012.
    3. Web site: Israel Start-Up Nation. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101175258/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15242/2003421/279. 1 January 2021.