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| Full name | Rein Taaramäe | ||
| Nickname | Vader (from "reinuvader" – a Fox) | ||
| Born | April 24, 1987 Estonia |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 66 kg (150 lb; 10.4 st) | ||
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| Current team | Cofidis | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Classification Rider | ||
| Rider type | GC rider | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| 2007 | Cofidis (trainee) | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2008– | Cofidis | ||
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| Infobox last updated on April 15, 2009 |
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Rein Taaramäe (born April 24, 1987 in Tartu) is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team Cofidis.
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Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for Cofidis after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winning a stage at the Circuit des Ardennes early in the season. In 2008 he won two stages of Grand Prix du Portugal and a stage of Tour de l'Avenir. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Taaramäe competed in the road race and the road time trial.
In 2009 he finished third at the Tour de Romandie and eighth at the Tour de Suisse. Taaramäe won both the national road race and time trial championships.[1] He also won Tour de l'Ain after winning the last stage to Col du Grand Colombier.[2] In 2010 he finished seventh at the Paris-Nice and third at the Volta a Catalunya. On Stage 14 of the 2011 Vuelta a España Taaramae and breakaway companion David de la Fuente were the last two riders of a 17 man breakaway, but with 2 km to go de la Fuente dropped back to pace teammate Juan José Cobo up the climb allowing Taaramae to solo to his first ever Grand Tour Stage Win.
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| Giro d'Italia | - | - | - |
| Tour de France | - | WD | 12 |
| Vuelta a España | 74 | - | WD |
WD = withdrew
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