# Jukka Vastaranta

Jukka Vastaranta (born 29 March 1984) is a Finnish professional cyclist from Tampere. From 2003 to 2006 he rode for the Dutch team Rabobank but in 2007 he switched to the Belgian continental team Jartazi–Promo Fashion. In 2008 he rode for the mountain bike team Brink-Ten Tusscher, but after a good start had to retire again due to prolonged health problems.
After settling back to Finland, in late 2008 he finally found some help for the health problems he had suffered from past several seasons. In 2009, he significantly got better and won all Finnish mountain bike races that he took part in and finished 36th in MTB Marathon World Championships.
Jukka started the season 2010 without a team, but had a short contract with SP Tableware, a Greek Continental-level road team, but was in strong form. He finished 4th in MTB Marathon European Championships and took some important victories in Europe. In July, the first MTB XC Olympic Champion Bart Brentjens contacted Jukka to join his professional team, Trek-Brentjens MTB Racing Team.

## Major results
### Road
#### 1999

    2nd Criterium, European Youth Olympic Festival

#### 2001

    1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    1st Overall GP Général Patton
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    8th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

#### 2002

    1st Overall GP Général Patton
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    1st Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps
    UCI Junior Road World Championships
       2nd Time trial
       7th Road race
    2nd Overall Keizer der Juniores
    3rd Overall UCI Juniors World Cup

#### 2003

    1st Overall Triptyque Ardennais
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Flèche Ardennaise
    1st Brussels–Opwijk
    1st Stage 2 Tour des Pyrénées
    2nd Overall Volta a Lleida
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    5th Vlaamse Pijl
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    7th Rund um Düren
    8th Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships
    8th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton

#### 2004

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 3 Olympia's Tour
    2nd Overall Circuit des Mines
       1st Stage 3
    4th La Côte Picarde
    4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
    6th Overall Paris–Corrèze

#### 2005

    1st Stage 3 Ster Elektrotoer
    3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    9th Overall UNIQA Classic
    9th Scheldeprijs

#### 2007

    8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

### Mountain
#### UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

* 8th, Marathon (2011)
* 27th, Cross Country (2010)

#### UCI Mountain Bike European Championships

* 2nd, Marathon (2011)
* 4th, Marathon (2010)
* 1st, Cross Country Juniors (2001)

#### UCI Mountain Bike Finnish Championships

* 1st, Cross Country (2011, 2010, 2009, 2001)
* 1st, Marathon (2010, 2009)

#### UCI Road Bike World Cup

* 1st overall, Juniors (2001)

#### UCI Road Bike World Championships

* 2nd, Juniors (2002)

#### UCI Road Bike Finnish Championships

* 1st, TT (2004)

#### Miscellaneous

* 1st in KitzAlpBike XCO (2011)
* 3rd in Dolomiti Superbike (2011)
* 1st overall in Zillertal Bike Challenge (2010)
* Winner of the 2nd event of Spanish MTB Marathon Cup (2010)
* Stage winner in Ster Electro tour (2005)
* Second in Tour of Luxemburg (2005)