Name:                                Tommi Martikainen           
Date of birth:                       13^th of January 1982           
Place of birth:                      Vaasa, Finland
Residence:                           Kuopio, Finland
Club:                                   Turun Urheiluliitto, Finland
                                           Meriadiana- Kalev Chocolate Team, Estonia              

Height:                                                    184 cm
Racing weight:                                         72 kg
Military service:                                        2003 in Lahti division of sports, rank: sergeant
Education:                                                Matriculation exam in Kuopion Klassillinen Urheilulukio

                                                                20002. Studies administration in the University of  Tampere, Finland
 

Studies abroad:                                        University of Klagenfurt, Austria, winter 2004-2005
Languages:                                               Finnish: Excellent, Swedish: Satisfactory, English:  ecellent, German; Satisfactory

Sporting backround:     
Played ice-hockey in Kuopio`s major hockey team, KalPa, for five years, until 1999. Has also played floorball since 1998 in 3rd and 5th division teams.                          
Cycling was used as an off-season training method for some years until in 1999 gave up ice-hockey and started seeking success in cycling.

 Major achievements abroad and in Finland: 

 2009                                   1st GP Wambeek, Belgium

2008                                    Tour du Maroc UCI 2.2

                                            1^st (winner), stage 2

                                            Climber final classifications 2^nd

                                            Final general classification 19th

                                            Course de la Solidarire Olympique (POL) UCI 2.1

                                            Final general classification 17^th

                                            Finnish road Championships 4^th place

2007                                    Tartu GP UCI 1.2 10^th place

                                            Szlakiem Walk majora Hubala UCI 2.2 stage 1. 6^th place

                                            Dookola Mazowska UCI 2.2 stage 3. (ITT) 10^th place

                                            Baltyk-Karkonosze Tour UCI 2.2 stage 1. 10^th place

                                            Finnish road Championships 53th place

                                            Finnish Championships Criterium 3th

2006                              Finnish Champion in road race 3rd (bronze medal), Time trial 7^th and  Finnish Championships in Pair time trial 1^nd  (gold medal)

                      Finnish road race cup 1^st (final classifications)

2005                                                   World Championships Time trial 48^th place (M-elite)

Finnish Champion in Time trial (gold medal), Road race 8^th and Finnish    Championships in Pair time trial 2^nd  (silver medal)

                      Finnish road race cup 5^th (final classifications)

2004                              U-23 European time trial Championships 32^nd place

Finnish road Championships no result, Time trial 12^th

 Finnish road race cup 2^nd

2003                              Finnish road Championships  47^th place, Time trial 9^th

2002                              Finnish road Championships 28^th place, Time trial 14^th

2001                              Finnish road Championships, 36^th place, Time trial 18^th (Men Elite)

2000                              Scandinavian Open time trial 17^th place, junior men

Finnish time trial Championships, junior men, 8^th place

1999                              Finnish road Championships, junior men, 12^th place

Long-term goals:              

International success and becoming a professional 

Coaching:                      

Since autumn 1999 worked closely with professional coach Juuso Koistinen former race cyclist himself.

Juuso Koistinen have level 4 (EU) studies in sport training. He was earlier Finnish

National Coach Mountain Bike and Junior Road. He was also Finnish Triathlon Training Manager and National Coach.

Physical development 2000-2005:

Maximum workload (watts) has developed 4-14% yearly. Aerobic threshold has

increased steadily, about 5% every year,    in a good relation compared to the maximum

workload. Greatest leaps in maximum workload were achieved in 2000-2002 and

in winter 2005. Increase was immense in 2000-2002 because as a beginner

compensation for training was, naturally, much higher. The increase in the winter 2005 was achieved by enhancing training. This included the whole winter on the bike and some periods training at altitude. This performance-development is to been seen in the racing-results from 2005.

Maximum oxygen intake has increased from 4 to 6 percent every year since the first

 two years of training. 

The quantity of training in recent years:                                                  

                                            2003-2004: 800 hours

                                            2004-2005: 900 hours

Physical development 2005 - 2009:

The quantity of training has reached a plateau of about 800-900 hours   per year because the number of racing days has become a limiting factor in reaching higher quantities. This has led to more efficient training which also prompted Tommi to start using a powermeter as a tool to help interpret cumulative stress and gauge the intensity of his training sessions. Measured maximum oxygen intake has also reached it´s peak, and is now 82ml/kg/min during the peak racing season.  

More information, please ask from Juuso Koistinen.                                      

10.09.2009