Kjell Carlström

Kjell Carlström
	Carlström in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Kjell Carlström
Born	18 October 1976 (age 45); Porvoo, Finland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team	Israel–Premier Tech
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Directeur sportif;
Professional teams
2002–2004	Amore & Vita–Beretta
2005–2009	Liquigas–Bianchi
2010–2011	Team Sky
Managerial teams
2013–2016	IAM Cycling
2017–	Israel Cycling Academy
Major wins
	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 IAM Cycling. After the team disbanded, he moved to a similar position at Israel–Premier Tech, 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

References[]

^ "Kjell Carlström". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ "Carlström facing retirement after 10 years". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

External links[]

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[CyclingArchives-1] "Kjell Carlström". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

[2] "Carlström facing retirement after 10 years". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

[3] "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

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v t Finnish National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Juho Jaakonaho (1911) Antti Raita (1912–1913) Juho Jaakonaho (1914–1915)
1920–1939	Juho Jaakonaho (1921) Raul Hellberg (1923–1929) Thor Porko (1930) Raul Hellberg (1931) Thor Porko (1936)
1940–1959	Paul Backman (1946) Torvald Högström (1951) Nils Henriksson (1952) Anders Ruben Forsblom (1953–1954) Paul Nyman (1955–1956) Ole Wackström (1957) Paul Nyman (1958)
1960–1979	Unto Hautalahti (1960–1961) Antero Lumme (1962–1965) Unto Hautalahti (1966) Kalevi Eskelinen (1969) Mauno Uusivirta (1970) Tapani Vuorenhela (1971) Harry Hannus (1972–1974) Kari Puisto (1975–1976) Harry Hannus (1978–1979)
1980–1999	Patrick Wackström (1980–1981) Harry Hannus (1982) Kari Myyryläinen (1983) Harry Hannus (1984) Kari Myyryläinen (1985–1986) Jari Lähde (1988) Kimmo Karhu (1989) Esa Skyttä (1995) Joona Laukka (1996) Miika Hietanen (1997) Esa Skyttä (1998) Miika Hietanen (1999)
2000–2019	Kjell Carlström (2000) Christian Selin (2001) Jukka Heinikainen (2002) Jussi Veikkanen (2003) Kjell Carlström (2004) Jussi Veikkanen (2005–2006) Matti Pajari (2007) Jussi Veikkanen (2008) Toni Liias (2009) Jussi Veikkanen (2010) Kjell Carlström (2011) Jarkko Niemi (2012) Jussi Veikkanen (2013–2014) Samuel Pökälä (2015) Jesse Kaislavuo (2016) Matti Manninen (2017) Anders Bäckman (2018) (2019)
2020–2039	Antti-Jussi Juntunen (2020) Joonas Henttala (2021)