Kjell Carlström (born 18 October 1976) is a Finnish 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 comm ...

, 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 cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

and

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

. 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 ::1st Stage 2 ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 UNIQA Classic ;2007 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2008 : 1st Stage 3

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, 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 ...

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

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera () 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. Established in 1946 as ''Gran Premio de Primavera'', it is now he ...

;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
* * 1976 births Living people Finnish male cyclists Swedish-speaking Finns Sportspeople from Porvoo Directeur sportifs {{Finland-cycling-bio-stub