Jaakko Hänninen extends his contract until 2024.
Jaakko Hänninen: "Peace of mind" "I'm delighted to extend my contract until 2024. The team is showing its confidence in me over the long term, and that's great recognition. I...
Jaakko Hänninen
Questions and answers
- Your nickname: Jaska
- Your favorite race: the Tour de France. I hope to run this race one day.
- Your best memory on the bike: winning the Tour du Gévaudan
- Your worst memory on the bike: the races on which I crashed
- How did you start cycling: in Finland when I competed in an individual mountain bike CLM at the age of 8
- Your interests: scouting, fishing and various outdoor activities
- Your music style: all types of music
- If you were a dish: pancakes
- If you were a movie: Million dollar baby
- If you had to do another job, what would it be? Bicycle mechanic
- What is most precious to you: my family
- Your qualities: calm, organized
- Your faults : too stressed
Major results
2022 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- 4th of the general classification of the Tour de l'Ain / 5th and 8th of stages
- 8th in the Finnish road race championship
2021 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- 10th Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes
2020 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- 14th of the Tour de l'Ain
2019 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- 4th in the Tour du Doubs
Amateur prize list
2018 (EC Saint-Eienne Loire)
- Winner of the Tour du Gévaudan
- Winner of the general classification of the Tour du Chablais / 2nd and 4th of stages
- Winner of the general classification of the Tour de Tarentaise / 2nd, 3rd and 4th of stages
- 2nd overall in the Tour du Beaujolais / 4th and 6th in stages
- 2nd in the Prix des deux ponts
- 2nd of the G.P. of Puyloubier
- 2nd of the G.P. des Foires d'Orval
- 2nd and 4th stages of the Estivale Bretonne
- 2nd of the Tour de l'agglo de Bourg-en-Bresse
- 3rd in the U23 World Championship in Road Race
- 3rd in the Jean-Patrick Dubuisson Classic
- 4th in the Tour du Charollais
- 4th of the G.P. of Villapourçon
- 5th Prize for new wines in Vesdun
- 6th of Annemasse-Bellegarde
- 8th of the Scandinavian Race
2017 (AC Bisontine)
- Finnish U23 Road Race Champion
- Finnish Champion in individual CLM U23
- Winner of the G.P. Christian Fenioux
- Finnish Elite Road Race Vice-Champion
- 2nd of the Prix de Jura Nord
- 3rd overall in the Tour du Chablais / 4th in a stage
- 4th of a stage of the Baltic Chain Tour
- 7th of a stage of the Tour de Moselle
- 10th of the Valentin Prize
