Great first at 27 years old for Jaakko Hänninen ! The runner of the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team scored the first success of his career this Sunday, and it was on the occasion of the Finnish Championships that this happened. The native of Ruokolahti won the road race, run over 180 kilometers around the city of Espoo. Solo winner, the one who evolves within the structure of Vincent Lavenu since August 2019 has won with more than 2 minutes ahead of a duo settled in a sprint by the title holder, Anti-Jussi Juntunen (Ferei Quick-Panda Podium Mongolia Team), in front Karl-Nicolas Grönlund (Hubo-Remotive).
Julien Jurdie is the sports director of Jaakko Hänninen
Jaakko Hänninen: “I’m so happy to have had the chance to participate in this race”
“I’m really very happy, the legs were there”entrusts Jaakko Hänninen on the account X of his training. “The course was quite flat, as is often the case in Finland, but with a small bump at the end. The plan was to isolate yourself in this final bump 30 kilometers from the finish to avoid arriving in a sprint. what I managed to do by starting alone and managing the gap with the fastest in the final I am so happy to have had the chance to participate in this race, and with the jersey at the finish. , it’s a dream day”concludes the man who won the silver medal in 2017 when he was only 20 years old.
