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| Full name | Emma Johansson | ||||||||||||
| Born | September 23, 1983 Sollefteå, Sweden |
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| Current team | AA Drink, Härnösand CK | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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| 2005–2006 2007 2008– |
Bizkaia Panda software Durango Vlaanderen–Capri Sonne–T-Interim AA-Drink Cycling Team |
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| Infobox last updated on August 10, 2008 |
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Emma Johansson (born September 23, 1983 in Sollefteå[1]) is a Swedish professional racing cyclist. She won the silver medal in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] After having finished second in the 2009 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio and third in Ronde van Vlaanderen, she won the Ronde van Drenthe and took the overall lead of the UCI Women's Road World Cup, a lead which she kept after another second place in La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. Emma Johansson is the second Swedish cyclist to have worn the UCI World Cup leader jersey, preceded only by Susanne Ljungskog. She is as of January 8, 2011 married to the former Norwegian cyclist Martin Vestby, who's also her personal manager.