Tanel Kangert (born 11 March 1987) is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.

Tanel Kangert
Personal information
Full nameTanel Kangert
Born (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37)
Vändra, Estonia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2006UC Artisienne
2007RO St-Amandandoise
2007AG2R Prévoyance (stagiaire)
2010EC Saint-Étienne Loire
Professional teams
2008–2009Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011–2018Astana
2019–2020EF Education First[1][2]
2021–2022Team BikeExchange[3][4]
Major wins
Stage races
Abu Dhabi Tour (2016)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2008, 2010, 2013, 2018)
National Road Race Championships (2012)

Early life

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Kangert was born in Vändra, Estonia. He attended kindergarten alongside fellow Estonian cyclist Rein Taaramäe.[5]

Career

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Kangert signed his first professional contract with Ag2r–La Mondiale in 2008, after riding with the team as a stagiaire in the 2007 season.[6] In the same year, he finished first in the Estonian National Time Trial Championships.[7] However, during 2008 he also suffered from severe pain in both of his knees, requiring surgery to allow them to move more naturally.[5] This forced him to race as an amateur during the 2010 season.[8]

In 2011, Kangert signed for the Kazakh team Astana.[8] In 2012, he won the final stage of the Tour de Suisse, beating Jérémy Roy in a sprint after the pair had attacked from a breakaway group earlier in the race.[9] In the same year, he also won the Estonian National Road Race Championships.[7] Kangert was one of Vincenzo Nibali's main domestiques in the 2013 Giro d'Italia, finishing in 14th position himself, after which it was announced he would sign a 3-year extension to his contract at Astana.[10] In 2016, Kangert finished second in the Giro del Trentino, two seconds behind Mikel Landa, after winning the final stage.[11] In October of the same year, he won the Abu Dhabi Tour ahead of Nicolas Roche.[12]

Kangert signed for American outfit EF Education First for the 2019 season.[13] He signed for Team BikeExchange on a two-year contract for the 2021 season, in support of Simon Yates who had recently extended his contract with the team.[4]

Major results

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2004
10th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
2005
1st   Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
3rd Overall Liège–La Gleize
2006
6th Overall Tour des Pyrénées
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 Under-23 Road World Championships
8th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
9th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
10th Coppa Placci
2008
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Boucles de l'Aulne
2010
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
2nd Road race
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
2018
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
  Combativity award Stage 17 Tour de France
2019
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2020
2nd Faun-Ardèche Classic
4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
8th Overall Paris–Nice
9th La Drôme Classic
2021
6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
2022
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
  Giro d'Italia 26 13 13 23 DNF DNF 18 32 21
  Tour de France 20 22 26 16 27
  Vuelta a España 63 11 DNF
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
  Paris–Nice 26 39 8
  Tirreno–Adriatico 23 35 29 25
  Volta a Catalunya 66 64 19 40 NH 33
  Tour of the Basque Country 44 27 DNF
  Tour de Romandie 33 41 21 17
  Critérium du Dauphiné 17 46
  Tour de Suisse 14 32 18 6 11 NH
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Tanel Kangert joins Mitchelton-Scott in support of Simon Yates". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Tanel Kangert - BikeExchange's Estonian Rider on the difference between a pro and a champion". ProCycling. Future PLC. June 2021. p. 25.
  6. ^ Haake, Bjorn. "Tanel Kangert signs withj Ag2r Prévoyance". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Tanel Kangert". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b Hamilton, Alastair. "Astana's Tanel Kangert Gets PEZ'd!". Pez Cycling. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Costa wins Tour de Suisse overall as Kangert takes final stage". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Tanel Kangert signs three-year contract to stay with Astana". Sky News. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Mikel Landa wins Giro del Trentino as Tanel Kangert takes final stage". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  12. ^ Farrand, Stephen. "Kangert enjoys his big day out at the Abu Dhabi Tour". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Estonian Time Trial Champion Tanel Kangert Signs With EF Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale For 2019". Biketoday. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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