Samuel Pökälä
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 August 1990 Asikkala, Finland |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time-trialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2012–2014 | TWD–Länken |
| 2015 | VC Pays de Loudéac |
| 2016–2017 | TWD–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
- 2013
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 7th Scandinavian Race Uppsala
- 2016
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
- ^ "Samuel Pökälä". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Finland 2015". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ "WMTBOC: Middle Distance Golds for Foliforova and Pökälä". Orienteering.sport. International Orienteering Federation. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
External links
- Samuel Pökälä at UCI
- Samuel Pökälä at Cycling Archives
- Samuel Pökälä at ProCyclingStats
- Samuel Pökälä at Cycling Quotient