Matti Helminen
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 Helminen at the 2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matti Helminen |
| Born | 14 August 1975 Kotka, Finland |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2015 | Zannata Cycling Team |
| 2016–2020 | VP Consulting–Zannata CT |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Profel Continental Team |
| 2007 | DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed |
| 2008–2009 | Palmans–Cras |
| 2009 | Cycling Club Bourgas |
| 2011–2012 | Landbouwkrediet |
Matti Helminen (born 14 August 1975) is a Finnish racing cyclist. He won the Finnish National Time Trial Championships six times between 2003 and 2012, and finished in third place in the Finnish National Road Race Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2015.[1]
Helminen tested positive for Probenecid at the 2012 Tour de Luxembourg and was handed a two-years suspension for doping.[2] He appealed against this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Major results
Source: [3]
- 2001
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 2002
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2003
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 1st
- 2004
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Triptyque Ardennais
- 2005
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 2006
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Chrono Champenois
- 3rd Chrono des Nations
- 2007
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 7th Chrono des Nations
- 9th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2008
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 3rd Chrono Champenois
- 2009
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 9th Chrono Champenois
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- 2nd Chrono Champenois
- 8th Duo Normand (with Jarmo Rissanen)
- 2011
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2016
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2019
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
- ^ "Matti Helminen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ UCI list of suspended cyclists, uci.ch
- ^ "Matti Helminen". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
External links
- Matti Helminen at UCI
- Matti Helminen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Matti Helminen at ProCyclingStats
- Matti Helminen at Cycling Quotient
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