Sari Saarelainen

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

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.

Major results
Source:


 * 1998
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 5th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships


 * 2000
 * 4th Tour de Berne


 * 2001
 * 1st MaillotFinlandia.PNG 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 MaillotFinlandia.PNG 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