.jpg) Kangert at the2013 Tour of the Basque Country | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tanel Kangert |
| Born | (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (age 38) Vändra,Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
| 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
| |
Tanel Kangert (born 11 March 1987) is anEstonian formerroad bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.
Kangert was born in Vändra, Estonia. He attended kindergarten alongside fellow Estonian cyclistRein Taaramäe.[5]
Kangert signed his first professional contract withAg2r–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 theEstonian 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 teamAstana.[8] In 2012, he won the final stage of theTour de Suisse, beatingJérémy 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 theEstonian National Road Race Championships.[7] Kangert was one ofVincenzo Nibali's main domestiques in the2013 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 theGiro del Trentino, two seconds behindMikel Landa, after winning the final stage.[11] In October of the same year, he won theAbu Dhabi Tour ahead ofNicolas Roche.[12]
Kangert signed for American outfitEF Education First for the 2019 season.[13] He signed forTeam BikeExchange on a two-year contract for the 2021 season, in support ofSimon Yates who had recently extended his contract with the team.[4]
OverallCourse de la Paix Juniors
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships OverallTour du Gévaudan Languedoc-RoussillonTime trial, National Road ChampionshipsTime trialRoad raceTime trial, National Road Championships
OverallAbu Dhabi TourTime trial, National Road Championships
Combativity award Stage 17Tour de France| 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 |
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