![]() Kangert at the 2013 Tour of the Basque Country | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Tanel Kangert |
Born | Vändra, Estonia | 11 March 1987
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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Tanel Kangert (born 11 March 1987) is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.
Kangert was born in Vändra, Estonia. He attended kindergarten alongside fellow Estonian cyclist Rein Taaramäe.[5]
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]
Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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— | 26 | 13 | — | 13 | 23 | DNF | DNF | 18 | 32 | 21 |
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— | — | — | 20 | 22 | 26 | — | 16 | 27 | — | — |
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64 | — | 11 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |