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Samuel Pökälä

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Samuel Pökälä
Personal information
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 34)
Asikkala, Finland
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime-trialist
Amateur teams
2012–2014TWD–Länken
2015VC Pays de Loudéac
2016–2017TWD–Länken

Samuel Pökälä (born 14 August 1990) is a Finnish former professional cyclist. He rode at the 2013 UCI World Time Trial Championships, where he finished in 64th place,[1] and he won the Finnish National Road Race Championships in 2015.[2] In 2021, Pökälä was the winner of the world middle distance and mass start championships in mountain bike orienteering.[3]

At the 2022 European MTB Orienteering Championships in Ignalina, Lithuania Pökälä won silver medal in long distance orienteering race.

Major results

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2013
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2014
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
2015
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
7th Scandinavian Race Uppsala
2016
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2017
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

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  1. ^ "Samuel Pökälä". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Finland 2015". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  3. ^ "WMTBOC: Middle Distance Golds for Foliforova and Pökälä". Orienteering.sport. International Orienteering Federation. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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