Matti Helminen

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Matti Helminen
Matti Helminen on Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2011 start line.jpg
Personal information
Full nameMatti Helminen
Born (1975-08-14) 14 August 1975 (age 48)
Kotka, Finland
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur teams
2015Zannata Cycling Team
2016–2020VP 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]

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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 MaillotFin.PNG Time trial
4th Road race
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 MaillotFin.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Chrono Champenois
3rd Chrono des Nations
2007
1st MaillotFin.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
7th Chrono des Nations
9th Druivenkoers Overijse
2008
National Road Championships
1st MaillotFin.PNG Time trial
3rd Road race
3rd Chrono Champenois
2009
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
9th Chrono Champenois
2010
National Road Championships
1st MaillotFin.PNG Time trial
5th Road race
2nd Chrono Champenois
8th Duo Normand (with Jarmo Rissanen)
2011
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2012
National Road Championships
1st MaillotFin.PNG Time trial
4th Road race
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

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References

  1. "Matti Helminen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. UCI list of suspended cyclists, uci.ch
  3. "Matti Helminen". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 30 August 2022.