Tanel Kangert (born 11 March 1987) is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.
.jpg) Kangert at the 2013 Tour of the Basque Country | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tanel Kangert |
| Born | 11 March 1987 Vändra, Estonia |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006 | UC Artisienne |
| 2007 | RO St-Amandandoise |
| 2007 | AG2R Prévoyance (stagiaire) |
| 2010 | EC Saint-Étienne Loire |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008–2009 | Ag2r–La Mondiale |
| 2011–2018 | Astana |
| 2019–2020 | EF Education First[1][2] |
| 2021–2022 | Team BikeExchange[3][4] |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
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Early life
editKangert was born in Vändra, Estonia. He attended kindergarten alongside fellow Estonian cyclist Rein Taaramäe.[5]
Career
editKangert 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
edit- 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
- 1st Tartu GP
- 2011
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 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
edit| 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 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Tanel Kangert joins Mitchelton-Scott in support of Simon Yates". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Tanel Kangert - BikeExchange's Estonian Rider on the difference between a pro and a champion". ProCycling. Future PLC. June 2021. p. 25.
- ^ Haake, Bjorn. "Tanel Kangert signs withj Ag2r Prévoyance". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Tanel Kangert". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ a b Hamilton, Alastair. "Astana's Tanel Kangert Gets PEZ'd!". Pez Cycling. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Costa wins Tour de Suisse overall as Kangert takes final stage". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Tanel Kangert signs three-year contract to stay with Astana". Sky News. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Mikel Landa wins Giro del Trentino as Tanel Kangert takes final stage". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen. "Kangert enjoys his big day out at the Abu Dhabi Tour". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Estonian Time Trial Champion Tanel Kangert Signs With EF Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale For 2019". Biketoday. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
External links
edit
Media related to Tanel Kangert at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Estonian)
- Tanel Kangert at UCI
- Tanel Kangert at Cycling Archives
- Tanel Kangert at ProCyclingStats
- Tanel Kangert at Cycling Quotient
- Tanel Kangert at CycleBase
