Tanel Kangert

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

Early life

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

Career

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

In 2011, Kangert signed for the Kazakh team . In 2012, he won the final stage of the 2012 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse, beating Jérémy Roy (cyclist), Jérémy Roy in a sprint after the pair had attacked from a breakaway group earlier in the race. In the same year, he also won the Estonian National Road Race Championships. 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. In 2016, Kangert finished second in the 2016 Giro del Trentino, Giro del Trentino, two seconds behind Mikel Landa, after winning the final stage. In October of the same year, he won the 2016 Abu Dhabi Tour, Abu Dhabi Tour ahead of Nicolas Roche.

Kangert signed for American outfit for the 2019 season. He signed for on a two-year contract for the 2021 season, in support of Simon Yates (cyclist), Simon Yates who had recently extended his contract with the team.

Major results

;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 Estonian National Road Race Championships#U23, Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 1st Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie, Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
::1st Stage 3
: 2nd Kreiz Breizh Elites
: 3rd Riga Grand Prix
: 7th 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial, Time trial, 2007 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 8th Time trial, 2007 European Road Championships, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 9th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
: 10th Coppa Placci
;2008
: 1st Estonian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships
: 4th Boucles de l'Aulne
;2010
: National Road Championships
::1st Estonian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial
::2nd Estonian National Road Race Championships, Road race
: 1st Tartu GP
;2011
: 3rd Estonian National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships
;2012
: National Road Championships
::1st Estonian National Road Race Championships, Road race
::2nd Estonian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial
: 1st Stage 9 2012 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse
;2013
: 1st Estonian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 1 (Team time trial, TTT) 2013 Vuelta a España, Vuelta a España
: 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
: 6th Overall 2013 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse
: 9th Overall 2013 Tour de Pologne, Tour de Pologne
;2014
: 5th Overall 2014 Vuelta a Andalucía, Vuelta a Andalucía
: 9th Vuelta a Mallorca, Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
;2016
: 1st Overall 2016 Abu Dhabi Tour, Abu Dhabi Tour
::1st Stage 3
: 2nd Overall 2016 Giro del Trentino, Giro del Trentino
::1st Stages 1 (Team time trial, TTT), 3 & 4
: 6th 2016 Vuelta a Murcia, Vuelta a Murcia
: 9th Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Road race, Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
;2018
: 1st Estonian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships
: Combativity award in the Tour de France, Combativity award Stage 17 2018 Tour de France, Tour de France
;2019
: 7th 2019 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, Time trial, 2019 UCI Road World Championships, UCI Road World Championships
;2020
: 2nd 2020 Faun-Ardèche Classic, Faun-Ardèche Classic
: 4th Overall 2020 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var, Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
: 8th Overall 2020 Paris–Nice, Paris–Nice
: 9th 2020 La Drôme Classic, La Drôme Classic
;2021
: 6th Overall 2021 Tour of Slovenia, Tour of Slovenia
;2022
: 2nd Estonian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road Championships
: 10th Time trial, 2022 European Road Championships, UEC European Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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1987 births
Living people
People from Vändra
Estonian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Estonia
Tour de Suisse stage winners