Tanel Kangert

Tanel Kangert

Personal information
Full name Tanel Kangert
Born (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987
Vändra, Estonia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Team information
Current team Astana
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Amateur team(s)
2006 UC Artisienne
2007 RO St-Amandandoise
2007 AG2R Prévoyance (stagiaire)
2010 EC Saint-Étienne Loire
Professional team(s)
2008–2009 Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011– Astana
Major wins

Stage races

Abu Dhabi Tour (2016)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2008, 2010, 2013)
National Road Race Championships (2012)

Tanel Kangert (born 11 March 1987) is an Estonian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana.[1] After the 2009 season, he was sacked by his team, Ag2r–La Mondiale, because of a knee injury that nearly ended his career.

Career achievements

Major results

2005
1st Overall Course de la Paix juniors
3rd Overall Liège–La Gleize
2007
1st Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
1st Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
1st Stage 3
2nd Kreiz Breizh Elites
3rd Riga Grand Prix
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
10th Coppa Placci
2008
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Boucles de l'Aulne
2010
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Tartu GP
2011
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2012
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse
2013
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
9th Overall Tour de Pologne
2014
5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
2016
1st Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
1st Stage 3
2nd Overall Giro del Trentino
1st Stages 1 (TTT), 3 & 4
6th Vuelta a Murcia
9th Road race, Olympic Games

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 26 13 — 13 23 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — 20 22 26 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 64 — 11 DNF — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ Tanel Kangert Career

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