Jussi Veikkanen is a Finnish road racing cyclist, with the FDJ.fr team. Born in Riihim�ki, Veikkanen started his career with team M�larenergi and he became a professional cyclist in 2005 with Fran�aise des Jeux. He has won the Finnish national road race title seven times between 2003 and 2014. After a long breakaway on stage 2 of the 2009 Tour de France he donned the Polka Dot Jersey for king of the mountains. He kept the jersey until stage 6, when St�phane Aug� took it. He signed with Omega Pharma-Lotto for the 2011 season, but rejoined FDJ-BigMat for the 2012 season. 

March 29th, 1981 in Riihimäki (Age 43)