Kimmo Kananen
Kimmo Kananen (born December 11, 1980 in Lahti ) is a Finnish track, cyclocross and road cyclist.
Career
Kimmo Kananen became the Finnish team pursuit champion in 2000. In the 2002 season he won this title for the second time. In the team sprint he won the Finnish championship in 2003 and in 2004 he was successful in the national championships in the team pursuit and in the team sprint.
On the road, Kananen became the Finnish Criterion Champion in 2002 and won the one-day race Mynämäen Ajot. The next year he was successful at the Västerås Punkt Grand Prix in Sweden. In the 2004 season he won a stage at the Ringerike Grand Prix and was able to win the overall standings. He also won two stages each at the Saaremaa Velotour and at the Grand Prix Veckan, as well as the two one-day races Lauri Aus Memorial and Lahti Grand Prix.
In 2008 Kimmo Kananen became Finnish cyclocross champion.
Successes - rail
- 2000
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Finnish Champion - Team Pursuit (with Tero Hämeenaho and Janne Mustonen )
- 2002
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Finnish Champion - Team Pursuit (with Jukka Heinikainen and Sami Hiltunen )
- 2003
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Finnish champion - team sprint (with Jukka Heinikainen and Sami Hiltunen )
- 2004
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Finnish Champion - Team Pursuit (with Jukka Heinikainen and Sami Hiltunen )
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Finnish Champion - Team Sprint (with Jukka Heinikainen )
Successes - road
- 2002
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Finnish champion - criterion
- 2004
- one stage and overall ranking Ringerike Grand Prix
Successes - cyclocross
- 2008/2009
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Finnish champion
- 2009/2010
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Finnish champion
- 2010/2011
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Finnish champion
Teams
- 2002 Mälarenergi
- 2003 Mälarenergi
- 2004 Bianchi Nordic
- 2005 Amore & Vita-Beretta
- 2006 Amore & Vita-McDonald’s
Web links
- Kimmo Kananen in the database of Radsportseiten.net
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kananen, Kimmo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish track, cyclocross and road cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahti , Finland |