Jaan Kirsipuu
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Jaan Kirsipuu is an Estonia
n road bicycle racer, living in Estonia
. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time. In 2008 he was the manager of Latvia
n UCI Continental cycling team
Rietumu Banka - Rīga
. In 2009 he joined Team Giant-Veoila. So far Jaan has over 130 professional wins.
At his peak he was one of Estonia's top athletes. He dropped out of the Tour de France
12 times, which is the record. In spite of this, he won multiple stages and wore the yellow jersey
for six days in 1999
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Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n road bicycle racer, living in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time. In 2008 he was the manager of Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n UCI Continental cycling team
Cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...
Rietumu Banka - Rīga
Rietumu Banka - Riga
Rietumu Banka-Rīga is a Latvian/Swiss cycling team.It was UCI Continental team till end of season 2008. Its main sponsor is Rietumu Banka. Team kit colours are blue, red, white and black. Leading rider of the team is Aleksejs Saramotins. Aleksejs Saramotins is riding for mainly in season 2009....
. In 2009 he joined Team Giant-Veoila. So far Jaan has over 130 professional wins.
At his peak he was one of Estonia's top athletes. He dropped out of the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
12 times, which is the record. In spite of this, he won multiple stages and wore the yellow jersey
Yellow jersey
The general classification in the Tour de France is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey .-History:...
for six days in 1999
1999 Tour de France
The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 1999. It was won by Lance Armstrong, his first of 7 consecutive wins, the most in Tour history. There were no French stage winners for the first time since the 1926 Tour de France.The 1999 edition of Tour de...
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Major Accomplishments
1992- 1st Tro-Bro LéonTro-Bro LéonTro-Bro Léon is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race, becoming a professional race since 2000...
1993
- 1st GP d'Isbergues
1997
- 1st GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire
- 1st Tour de VendéeTour de VendéeTour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, moving to 1.HC classification in 2010, and also being part...
1998
- 1st, Stage 3 Vuelta a España1998 Vuelta a EspañaThe 53rd edition of the Vuelta a España was held 5 to 27 September 1998 and began in Córdoba and ended in Madrid. The 1998 Vuelta had 22 stages over 3,774 km with the winning average speed of 40.262 km/h....
- 1st GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire
- 1st Route AdélieRoute AdélieRoute Adélie de Vitré is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in a circuit around Vitré, France. Between 1980 and 1995 it was called Tour d'Armorique. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...
- 1st Grand Prix de Villers-CotterêtsGrand Prix de Villers-CotterêtsGrand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in the commune of Villers-Cotterêts, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route. In 2007 the race did not take place.-...
1999
- 1st, Stage 1 Tour de France1999 Tour de FranceThe 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 1999. It was won by Lance Armstrong, his first of 7 consecutive wins, the most in Tour history. There were no French stage winners for the first time since the 1926 Tour de France.The 1999 edition of Tour de...
- Held Maillot jaune from Stages 2-7
- 1st, Race Series (15-races) Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route
- 1st GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire
- 1st Tour de Berne
- 1st Tour de l'Oise
2000
- 1st Classic HariboClassic HariboClassic Haribo was a professional cycle road race held between Uzès and Marseille, in south France. In 2005 and 2006 the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route.-Winners:...
2001
- 1st, Stage 6 Tour de France2001 Tour de FranceThe 2001 Tour de France was particularly difficult, having contained a 67-km long team time trial, two individual time trials and five mountain-top finishes on consecutive days, the second of which being the Chamrousse special category climb time trial. Thus, all the high-mountain stages were...
- 1st Danmark RundtDanmark RundtDanmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, Post Danmark, and the race is therefore also known as Post Danmark Rundt. Currently 15 teams, with 8 riders...
- 1st
National Cycling Championships - Time Trial - 1st, 1 stage Tour de LuxembourgTour de LuxembourgTour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.HC, the highest rating below the ProTour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale , the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour was part of the UCI Europe...
- 1st, 2 stages Tour Mediterranean
- 1st Route AdélieRoute AdélieRoute Adélie de Vitré is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in a circuit around Vitré, France. Between 1980 and 1995 it was called Tour d'Armorique. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...
- 1st, 2 stages Circuit de la SartheCircuit de la Sarthe (cycling)The Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....
- 1st GP de Denain
- 1st, 4 stages Four Days of DunkirkFour Days of DunkirkThe Four Days of Dunkirk is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Confusingly, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has usually been held over a 5 or 6 day period. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe...
(Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) - 1st, 1 stage Tour de L'Oise
- 1st Tartu Tänavasõit
- 1st Sadamast Sadamasse (Tallinn-Paldiski)
- 1st 1 stage Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st 1 stage Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 1st 1 stage Wyścig Pokoju
2002
- 1st, Stage 5 Tour de France2002 Tour de FranceThe 2002 Tour de France started in Luxembourg on July 6, 2002, and ended in Paris on July 28. France was visited counter-clockwise, so the Pyrenees were there before the Alps...
- 1st National Cycling Championships - Time Trial
- 1st National Cycling Championships - Road Race
- 1st Classic HariboClassic HariboClassic Haribo was a professional cycle road race held between Uzès and Marseille, in south France. In 2005 and 2006 the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route.-Winners:...
- 1st Tartu Tänavasõit
2003
- 1st National Cycling Championships - Time Trial
- 1st, Race Series (15-races) Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route
- 1st Classic Haribo
- 1st GP Ühispanga Tartu
2004
- 1st National Cycling Championships - Time Trial
- 1st, Stage 1 Tour de France2004 Tour de FranceThe 2004 Tour de France was the 91st, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 2004. It consisted of 20 stages over 3391 km.Lance Armstrong became the first to win six Tours de France. Armstrong had been favored to win, his competitors seen as being German Jan Ullrich, Spaniards Roberto Heras and...
2005
- 1st, Stage 4 Tour de PologneTour de Pologne 2005These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Tour de Pologne cycling race. Despite getting four cyclists in the decisive break, didn't manage to take the overall win from Kim Kirchen.- 12-09-2005: Gdańsk-Elbląg, 149.6 km. :...
- 1st National Cycling Championships - Time Trial
- 1st National Cycling Championships - Road Race
2006
- 1st National Time Trial Championships2006 National Cycling ChampionshipsMost of the 2006 national road cycling championships took place in June, although there were a few exceptions such as the Australian and American championships which take place in January and September respectively.-Jerseys:...
2007
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
2008
- 1st National Cycling Championships
2009
- 1st Stage 9, Tour du Cameroun
- 1st Stage 7, Tour du MarocTour du MarocTour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957-1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour.-Winners:...
- 1st Stage 3 FBD Insurance Ras
- 1st Stage 8 FBD Insurance Ras
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de HokkaidoTour de HokkaidoTour de Hokkaido is a cycling competition in Japan and part of the UCI Asia Tour and sponsored by the Tour de Hokkaido Association.- Past winners :- External links :* from the Cycling Website...
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Hokkaido
- 1st Stage 1 Herald Sun TourHerald Sun TourThe Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...