Jukka Vastaranta

I was like a little boy

I got new 29er last Friday and it gave me good new start for training. In the winter it is sometimes hard to find reason for good training. You are just training for the new season and try to stay in good shape. Many winters I got my motivation from the skiing races but this year they do not motivate me enough. I have done only two races for fun. When you race ones in the month you don't feel like racer. You should do it every weekend to have a good goal for the trainings of the week. But now the new bike came home and I could really start training for the new season. This bike chanched what I am thinking in my training rides. Now in my mind is the coming races, how my new bike works, how is the position on the bike, how I can ride to the corners faster, how is my weight, how I can make my bike lighter, how I can do everything perfect for the coming season. There was suddenly much things which made me really motivated. I felt like a little boy with new bike. Just riding all day long. Some days I started my ride just after sun rise and came home just before dark. One day I was thinking to take lights with me that I can ride longer. I felt really good. No any problems. Now I have restday and I feel tired. I think next week won't be as good as the last seven days were.

26.01.    Ski 1h 20min, 64,5kg

27.01.    Ski 3h fast, 63,7kg

28.01.    MTB 5h 45min + Massage, 63,8kg

29.01.    MTB 5h 30min, 63,1kg, after training 61,4kg

30.01.    MTB 4h 45min, 64,2kg

31.01.    Ski 3h + Run 30min, 64,2kg

01.02.    MTB 4h 30min, 63,3kg

02.02.    MTB 2h + Massage, 64,1kg

03.02.    REST

Not my best training times

Last seven days haven't been the best of this winter for my trainings. There were too many other things to do and think. I was just waiting some e-mails which felt never to come, visiting dentist and arranging things which won't finally happen. I had just too many mornings that I had to do something else than do my trainings. I am person who wants to do everything perfect but sometimes I am not who decides. I am not the guy who just say, ok it is fine, when it is not fine and I am working to get everything fine until things are really fine. Many things have went now in different way that I was planing. It really makes my training motivation lower. I do my trainings, but it is not the same, if I am 100% motivated or just thinking, should I make my best if the conditions are not the best to do so. It is small things what makes finally the differens in your mind between good or bad training motivation. Maybe next 7 days I can train for some goal, not just train because I like it alot! At the moment it is -20 degrees so the next good training period won't start today.

19.01.    REST, massage

20.01.    Ski 1h 10min + Run 40min

21.01.    MTB 2h 15min + Ski 2h, 63,9kg

22.01.    Ski 30min + walking 45min, 64,0kg

23.01.    Ski 3h + Run 1h, 63,8kg

24.01.    Ski 1h 30min + Massage, 64,0kg

25.01.    MTB 3h 40min, 64,8kg

Training is going on!

12.01.     MTB 4,5h

13.01.    Ski 2h + Ski 1h

14.01.    Ski 3h easy

15.01.    Rest, too cold -28 degrees

16.01.    Ski Race 0,5h + warming up total 2h, 4th place

17.01.    Ski 3h 10min + Ski 1h 20min

18.01.    Ski 2h 10min + Ski 1h 15min

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Christmas training

22.12.    MTB 3h 20min + MTB 2h 40min, 66,9kg

23.12.    MTB 5h 45min, 66,9kg

24.12.    walk 2h, mountain up and down, 66,6kg

 

25.12.    MTB 3h 15min + run 30min, 68,3kg

26.12.    ROAD on the MTB 5h 45min fast, 67,9kg

27.12.    MTB 4h + run 15min, 67,0kg

28.12.    ROAD 4h 30min easy, 67,5kg

29.12.    Rest, 67,5kg

30.12.    MTB 2h 30min + MTB 3h sprints, 66,9kg

31.12.    MTB 5h, 66,6kg

01.01.     walk 4h, mountain up and down, 66,9kg

 

02.01    MTB 6h, 4 mountains 10min fast, 66,9kg

03.01    MTB 4h 45min + MTB 1h 15min easy, 66,9kg

 

04.01    MTB 5h, 4 mountains 10min fast, 66,6kg

05.01    MTB 3h, 66,2kg

06.01    MTB 5h, 66,1kg

07.01    Rest

08.01    Ski 2h easy

09.01    Ski 2h easy

10.01    Ski 2h sprints + Ski 1h sprints

11.01    Rest

Jukka Vastaranta Cyclist of the Year

"Every year the readers of the only Finnish cycling magazine "Fillari" chooce the Finnish Cyclist of the Year. This year the winner was Jukka Vastaranta with 40,8% from all the votes. It was three times more votes than Jussi Veikkanen (Pro Tour rider from Frances des jeux). Third place went to ex-road pro Kimmo Kananen, who is racing at the moment only in finland but taking all the Finnish championship medals that Jussi and Jukka don't win.
 
Jukka Vastaranta:
"I have done some bigger results than I did this year, but it was my first time to be the Finnish Cyclist of the Year. I think that the reason that gave me the most of the votes was that my season was quite colourfull. I started on the Road, it didn't go well, in June I changed to MTB and won many races and was fourth in European Championship Marathon. I won XCO and XCM Finnish Championship and found a team (TREK-Brentjens MTB Racing Team powered by MILKA) which made me the only finnish male mountain biker pro. I appreciate a lot this title of Cyclist of the Year. I think it is even better than to be Finnish Champion. To become Finnish Champion you just have to ride hard, but to be finnish Cyclist of the Year you have to rice from zero to world class rider."

Milka has reinforced the sponsoring agreement with the mountainbike team from Bart Brentjens for 2011

Milka has reinforced the sponsoring agreement with the mountainbike team from Bart Brentjens for 2011. After a succesfull cooperation in 2010, the choice to work together for the season 2011 was quickly made by both parties. The official name for the UCI Trade Team in 2011 will be “Milka-Trek MTB Racing Team”.

Also the logo from the team is re-styled and will be used on all further team outings and communication. The typical lilac colour of the brand Milka will dominate the styling of the team in 2011.

The riders will be using the Trek Elite 9.9 SSL carbon hardtail , the Top Fuel 9.9 SSL carbon full-suspension and the new Superfly Elite 29-er carbon hardtail. For the races in the Benelux the riders will be using mainly the 29-ers.

Brentjens :

“I am very proud of the confidence Milka has in me and my team. Working together this year with Milka was good and very professional. It is great that we can continue this cooperation and try to reach our goals together with the team. I am also glad that Milka is sponsoring the sport of mountainbiking in the broadest sence of the word, like event sponsoring, youth races, junior team and recreational mountainbiking”.

Andreas Gollhofer, Manager Int. Milka Sponsoring & Event Marketing:

„For the Milka Sponsoring team it is great to continue the efficient partnership with Bart Brentjens and his team colleagues. This cooperation proofed its success in the previous season and mountainbiking became an important part of the Milka sponsoring strategy. The sport and the brand Milka have many core values in common – this makes it possible to find mutual goals and great options to cooperate.”

Since more than 17 years Milka is known as one of the most popular wintersport sponsor, due to supporting Alpine Skiing and Ski-jumping. Since two years there are also actions set in the Mountainbike sport to enlarge the sponsoring activities during the summer months. Supporting a MTB team is only one important part of Milka’s commitment as a sport sponsor. Besides the teamsponsoring around Bart Brentjens, Milka supports future bike-talents. For this reason the Germany Youngster Team “Bike Junior Team powered by Milka” is supported as well as the event-series “Scott Junior Trophy powered by Milka”.

To enhance the “Milka experience” the popular chocolate brand will be present for all visitors on different international bike events and fairs like the following: 28th&29th May 2011 Offenburg, Germany /19th June 2011 Kielce, Poland /7^th August 2011 Dohnany, Slovakia/14th August 2011 Nove Mesto, Czech Republic / 21^st August 2011 Val di Sole, Italy / 4th September 2011 Champery, Switzerland. For all Milka fans unique Milka MTB items are soon available in the webshop on www.milka.at.

GP Beringen

Elite men

1	Emil Lindgren (Swe)	1:34:38
2	Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned)	0:00:21
3	Jukka Vastaranta (Fin)	0:00:27
4	Rudi Van Houts (Ned)	0:01:39
5	Kevin Van Hoovels (Bel)	0:01:42
6	Niels Wubben (Ned)	0:02:18
7	Fabian Giger (Swi)	0:02:57
8	Bas Peters (Ned)	0:02:59
9	Tim Lemmers (Ned)	0:03:39
10	Ruben Scheire (Bel)
11	Lukas Kaufmann (Swi)	0:04:32
12	Sebastien Carabin (Bel)	0:05:15
13	Jelmer Pietersma (Ned)	0:05:58
14	Frank Schotman (Ned)	0:06:45
15	Pascal Hossay (Bel)	0:06:59
16	Mattias Wengelin (Swe)	0:07:14
17	Nicolas Vermeulen (Bel)	0:07:54
18	Jorgen Flion (Bel)	0:08:05
19	Frank Beemer (Ned)	0:09:35
20	Irjan Luttenberg (Ned)

I am in the team again!!

 

SCHAYK, 14 July 2010

 

National MTB champion from Finland joins TREK-Brentjens MTB Racing Team

- Jukka Vastaranta is reinforcing TBR for this season  –

 

 

Jukka Vastaranta (26) is going to race for the Trek-Brentjens MTB Racing Team per direct. Together with teammates Jelmer Pietersma (Ned), Lukas Kaufmann (SUI), Tim Wijnants (Bel) ,Frank Beemer (Ned) and Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) he will participate in national and international races.

 

Brentjens :

“  I have met with Jukka in the Zillertal Bike Challenge in Austria. When I became European Champion in 2001 in St Wendel, Jukka also became European champion in the junior category. Then he went to ride on the road under the supervision of my nephew Frans Maassen from Rabobank. I believe he is a very talented rider, but he had bad luck due to health problems the last years. These are solved now and I want to give him a chance. I am confident he can ride some good results this year.  ”

 

Vastaranta :

“I started to do mtb races this year in end of May. I was doing well in Spanish races, so I decided to do some Marathons in Europe and I was really lucky to go to Zillertal where I met Bart. Bart knew me already and after leaving him behind on the mountains a few times during the race he decided that I am strong enough for his team this season. Sometimes it is good that a Team manager is also on the bike.... Now I am happy to be on a strong team again after few years with normal work and racing in the same time. I feel that I have a good change now to get back to a high level. I have some experience from the road, from many kind of problems and a little bit from mtb too.”

 

· Jukka Vastaranta (29 March 1984) born in Tampere, Finnland lives in Spain. Vastaranta started mountainbiking when he was 9 years old and he rode his first mountainbike race when he was only 11 years old. Vastaranta  rode both MTB and road until 17 years old. Then he only was riding on the road for 5 years with Rabobank and 1 year for Jartazi. In 2006 and 2007 he had to stop due to health problems. He started mountainbiking again in 2008.

· RESULTS: MOUNTAIN BIKING:

European Champion junior 2001

Finnish Champion elite 2001

Finnish Champion XC and Marathon 2009

ROAD:

Winner World Cup junior 2001

Second World Championship 2002

Winner stage Ster Electro tour 2005

Second Tour of Luxemburg 2005

Personal data:

Date of birth:     23.03.1984
Place of birth:    Tampere
Place of residence:    Tampere, Finland
Height:    171cmcm
Weight:        63 kg
Eye Colour:      Greyblue
Hair colour:     blond      
Hobbies:      Cross countryski    
     Mountainbiking, Sauna
Homepage: 
http://www.jukkavastaranta.com

I was Fourth in Dolomite Superbike

Urs Huber (Team Stöckli - Craft) and Erika Dicht (Wheeler IXS Swiss Team) won the 16th Dolomiti Superbike in Niederdorf on Sunday.

Huber finished the 119.9km distance in 4:50:06, ahead of Italians Mirko Celestino (Semperlux Axevo Haibike) and Mike Felderer (Full Dynamix). It was Huber's second win at this race and his third one in Niederdorf.

"I said yesterday that I want to win and I have shown today that I can," said Huber, who has won the Crocodile Trophy. "Despite the sun and the heat, I started to attack 40km from the finish line and managed to get away from Mirko Celestino and Mike Felderer."

"I was surprised this morning how many spectators were already out at 7:30 am waiting for the start. That was motivation."

Celestino improved upon his fourth position of last year by finishing second. Similarly, Felderer landed in third place.

Felderer wanted to be on the podium. "I was leading in the front, but in Silvestro I had to switch down a gear. I would like to have caught Mirko as I noticed he was plagued by cramps, but it was not possible. Urs and Mirko were simply in better form. However, I am totally happy with third place."

At the race, Celestino announced that he will be racing the TransAlp together with Marzio Deho at the end of July.

The women's even ended with another Swiss victory thanks to Erika Dicht, who crossed the line in five hours, 44 minutes and six seconds - ahead of Finland's Pia Sunstedt (Craft Rocky Mountain) and Britain's Sally Bigham (Topeak Ergon).

The 29-year-old from Switzerland was in her first race of the season as until now, she has been busy with her education. That was all the more reason for the winner to claim it as a super race, but very hard "because I was often alone for long distances".

Yet, she was aware of the strong competition from the likes of Sunstedt, who frequently trains nearby on Flüela pass in the summers.

"If you don't have a good day, you can't be number one," said Sunstedt. "Erika was super today. I asked myself again and again in the middle of this race 'why I am doing this?' I must be crazy to come back here voluntarily every year. The Dolomiti Superbike is one of the toughest races where we have to climb a total of almost 4,000 meters."

British marathon champion Bingham sought a challenge for the day. "After my botched-up time back in 2008, I had to return to Niederdorf. Today, despite the high temperatures, I managed third place. With a little rain, I could have done better," said the racer with a preference for cooler weather.

Full Results

Elite men

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Urs Huber (Swi) Team Stöckli - Craft	4:50:07
2	Mirko Celestino (Ita) Semperlux Axevo Haibike	0:00:20
3	Mike Felderer (Ita) Full Dynamix	0:02:26
4	Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Tampereen Pyora Union	0:03:25
5	Marzio Deho (Ita) G.S. Cicli Olympia	0:03:45
6	Massimo Debertolis (Ita) Full Dynamix	0:07:20
7	Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls	0:08:54
8	Johann Pallhuber (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing Team	0:09:20
9	Karl Platt (Ger) Team Bulls	0:11:02
10	Matthias Leisling (Ger) Muskelkater Genesis Team	0:13:44
11	Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Team Bulls	0:14:41
12	Walter Costa (Ita) Scapin - Stihl - Torrevilla MT	0:14:48
13	Jhon Botero Salazar (Col) Scapin - Stihl - Torrevilla MT	0:15:20
14	Mirko Pirazzoli (Ita) Promo Bike	0:16:21
15	Manuele Spadi (Ita) Focus Factory Racing Cycling T	0:17:13
16	Paolo Alberati (Ita) A&G Sporting Test Team	0:24:48
17	Eddi Andres Rendon Rios (Ita) Scapin - Stihl - Torrevilla MT	0:25:37
18	Matteo Fabbri (Ita) G.S. Promo-Bik ASD	0:27:14
19	Mattia Longa (Ita) Club Lombardia Team ASD	0:33:12
20	Joan Llordella Prat (Spa) Fornells BTT	0:35:06

Näf, Süss, Looser take titles in Montebelluna, Jukka was fourth

Switzerland conquered the European Marathon Championships in Montebelluna, Italy by winning the elite men's, elite women's and under 23 titles. Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida), Ester Süss and Konny Looser are the newly crowned European Champions.

Most of Europe's top marathoners were on the line for the 10:00 am start to the European Championships. They were seen off by special guest Mr. Renato Di Rocco, the President of the Italian Cycling Federation.

After increased water levels in the Piave river, organizers modified the course because a necessary bridge for the originally planned course couldn't be built. An additional 15km was added to both races, giving the men a 129.5km race the women a 111.5km contest.

On the first climb of the Montello, the selection was made in the elite men's race with 30 riders getting away. Dutchman Peters Bas led the group of favorites.

At 25km into the race, Alban Lakata (Topeak Ergon Racing Team), Urs Huber, Mirko Celestino (Semperlux Axvevo Haiobike), Jukka Vastaranta, Näf, Tony Longo and Alexey Medvedev led the race.

Three men then attacked the other leaders at 44km including two Italians Mike Felderer (Team Full-Dynamix) and Andrea Tiberi (Surfing Shop Sport). Näf went with them, and the three established a gap on a 10-man chase group.

With more than half the race done, Näf took his chance, attacked and dropped Felderer and Tiberi. He got a gap of half a minute.

By 106km into the race, Näf had two minutes on Felderer and 3:30 on the group with Lakata, Kugler, Tim Böhme, Marc Trayter, Celestino and Vastaranta. Tiberi got dropped and the others were far behind.

With 10 km to go, Näf, rode solo off the front and continued to increase his gap on Felderer. Celestino chased down Felderer and with just a few kilometers to go, he was still set on chasing the Swiss leader. But Näf had an unbeatable margin and crossed the finish line as the new European Champion in 4:59:05.

Mirko Celestino took second at 5:01:45, welcomed by the huge home crowds. Swiss Andreas Kugler, number seven in the international rankings, finished third in 5:02:26. Jukka Vastaranta and Lakata rounded out the top five with Italian Felderer eventually finishing sixth.

Süss, Dahle Flesjaa battle in women's race

Half an hour after the men's race, the women started, and Esther Süss (Wheeler iXS Pro Team) and Blaza Klemencic (Felt Otztal X-Bionic) soon assumed the initial lead.

Jane Nuessli(Credo-Bikes.com), Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Multivan Merida), Süss and Klemencic and Sundstedt ultimately form the four-woman lead group.

Then Pia Sunsdedt (Rocky Mountain) bridged up to the leaders while Nuessli dropped back to a 10-second gap. Later, Klemencic was dropped leaving Dahle, Süss and Sundstedt to stay in front on their own with a three-minute advantage.

Dahle Flesjaa and Süss rode away from Sunsdedt and were left race each other for victory. With only a few kilometers to go, Süss attacked and got a gap of 30 seconds on Dahle Flesjaa. Süss crossed line in 04:53:17 and won her second European Champion's title.

A minute after, many-time World Champion Gunn Rita Dahle Flesjaa, who feels at home in Montebelluna, finished her race in 4:54:24 with a Norwegian flag in her hands. Pia Sundstedt was third in a time of 4:55:24.

The Swiss made it three for three with Konny Looser winning the Under 23 category. German Matthias Leisling and the Italian Lorenzo Martelli followed in second and third respectively.

Results

Elite men

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ralph Näf (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	4:59:05
2	Mirko Celestino (Ita) Semperlux Axvevo Haiobike	0:02:40
3	Andreas Kugler (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:03:21
4	Jukka Vastaranta (Fin)	0:05:04
5	Alban Lakata (Aut) Topeak Ergon Racing Team	0:05:22
6	Mike Felderer (Ita) Team Full-Dynamix	0:06:06
7	Marc Trayter Alemany (Spa) Team Spain	0:07:03
8	Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Team Bulls	0:08:48
9	Lukas Buchli (Swi) BiXS iXS-Pro Team	0:10:07
10	Pierluigi Bettelli (Ita) Scott RT ASD	0:10:55
11	Massimo De Bertolis (Ita) Team Full-Dynamix	0:10:56
12	Johan Pallhuber (Ita) Silmax Cannondale Racing	0:10:57
13	Tim Böhme (Ger) Team Bulls	0:11:03
14	Peters Bas (Ned) Cycling Federation	0:12:11
15	Konny Looser (Swi) Team Stockli-Craft	0:12:36
16	Hannes Genze (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:17:43
17	Marzio Deho (Ita) G.S. Cicli Olimpia	0:17:44
18	Yader Zoli (Ita) Surfing Shop Sport	0:18:21
19	Jan Jobanek (Cze) Czech Cycling Federation	0:20:38
20	Stefan Sahm (Ger) Team Bulls www.cyclingnews.com