Sari Saarelainen

	Saarelainen riding in the 2012 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
Personal information
Full name	Sari Saarelainen
Born	1 March 1981 (age 44); Finland
Team information
Current team	Roland Le Dévoluy
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Directeur sportif;
Amateur teams
2000	Team Stuttgart[1]
2017–2018	Maaslandster Veris CCN
Professional teams
1998	Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie
1999	Swam Hooch
2004	Team Let's Go Finland[1]
2010	ACS Chirio–Forno d'Asolo[2]
2012	Forno d'Asolo Colavita[1]
2013	Faren–Let's Go Finland[1]
2013	MCipollini–Giordana
2014–2015	Servetto Footon[3]
2016	S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
2019–2021	Cogeas–Mettler–Look[4][5]
Managerial team
2022–	Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad

Sari Saarelainen

Sari Saarelainen (born 1 March 1981) is a Finnish former racing cyclist,[6] who now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's WorldTeam Roland Le Dévoluy. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[7]

Saarelainen originally stopped competing in cycling at the end of 2004. However, she returned to competition in 2010 after becoming a mother.

Personal life

Outside of cycling she works as a cycling coach and physical training and she is an entrepreneur of a gym and a bike distribution, and she is also a singer and songwriter.[8]

Major results

Source:[9]

1998 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2000 4th Tour de Berne 2001 1st

Time trial, National Road Championships 2002 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2003 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2010 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2013 1st

Time trial, National Road Championships 2014 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 6th Overall 4Tour of Zhoushan Island 9th Grand Prix el Salvador 9th GP du Canton d'Argovie 2015 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2016 National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 3rd Road race 4th VR Women ITT 7th Horizon Park Women Challenge 2017 National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 3rd Road race 2018 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2019 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

^ a b c d "Sari Saarelainen". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "Sari Saarelainen". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "Sari Saarelainen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "Organico di 15 atlete per la Cogeas-Mettler con Olga Zabelinskaya e Amber Neben" [Roster of 15 athletes for Cogeas-Mettler with Olga Zabelinskaya and Amber Neben]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^ "Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ Koivisto, Leena (14 January 2022). "Opiskelu yllätti kilpapyöräilyn lopettaneen Sari Saarelaisen avaamalla saman tien oven tehtäviin niin Sveitsissä kuin Suomessa – "Melkoista painia oli pään sisällä"" [Studying surprised Sari Saarelainen, who had quit competitive cycling, by opening the door to jobs in Switzerland and Finland at the same time - "There was quite a struggle inside my head"]. Vantaan Sanomat (in Finnish). Keskisuomalainen. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ Cameron, Gordon (25 October 2010). "PEZ-Clusive: Racer And Musician Sari Saarelainen!". PEZ Cycling News. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "Sari Saarelainen". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 5 August 2022.