Kjell Carlström (born 18 October 1976) is a

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former professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2011. He won the Finnish national road race title in 2000, 2004 and 2011. He raced in the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

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and

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. 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. Starting in 2013, he became one of the ''directeurs sportifs'' at . After the team disbanded, he moved to a similar position at , where he presently works as the team's general manager.

Major results

;2003 : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Queensland ;2004 : 1st MaillotFin

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall

UNIQA Classic The Uniqa Classic was a staged cycling race held in Austria. It was created in 1953 and was part of UCI Europe Tour in 2005 as a 2.1 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies ...

::1st Stage 2 ;2005 : 1st Stage 3

;2007 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2008 : 1st Stage 3

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera ( en, Spring classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

;2009 : 1st MaillotFin

Road race, National Road Championships ;2010 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2011 : 1st MaillotFin

Road race, National Road Championships

References

External links

Profile at Team Sky official website

Profile at Liquigas official website
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