Matti Helminen
Matti Helminen (born August 14, 1975 ) is a former Finnish cyclist .
Athletic career
Matti Helminen won a stage in the Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant in 2000 . Three years later he became the Finnish time trial champion . In 2004 he won the general classification and a stage of the Tour du Brabant Wallon . In 2005 Helminen became a professional with the Belgian Profel Cycling Team . For this team he achieved another important time trial success in 2006 when he won the Chrono Champenois . He was also able to repeat his victory in the Finnish time trial championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012.
doping
Helminen, who lives in Belgium, tested positive for the doping agent probenecid on the Tour of Luxembourg in 2012 and was then released by his Landbouwkrediet-Euphony cycling team . The Belgian cycling association KBWB banned him for two years. He appealed against this to the Court of Arbitration for Sport .
successes
- 2003
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Finnish champion - individual time trial
- 2006
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Finnish champion - individual time trial
- Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
- 2007
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Finnish champion - individual time trial
- 2008
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Finnish champion - individual time trial
- 2010
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Finnish champion - individual time trial
- 2012
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Finnish champion - individual time trial
Teams
- 2005 Profel
- 2006 Profel Ziegler
- 2007 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
- 2008–2009 Palmans-Cras (until June 30)
- 2009 Cycling Club Bourgas (from July 1st)
- 2010 PWC-Alliplast
- 2011 Landbouwkrediet
- 2012 Landbouwkrediet-Euphony (until August 31)
- 2015 Zannata Cycling Team
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com of November 12th, 2012: EPO doping: helmets banned for two years
- ↑ radsport-news.com of November 14, 2012: Helminen: Positive for probenecid, not for EPO
Web links
- Matti Helminen in the Radsportseiten.net database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helminen, Matti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1975 |