Jaan Kirsipuu

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Jaan Kirsipuu : biography

July 17, 1969 –

Jaan Kirsipuu (born July 17, 1969 in Tartu) is a retired Estonian 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 Latvian UCI Continental cycling team Rietumu Banka – Rīga. In 2009 he joined Team Giant-Veoila. So far Jaan has over 130 professional wins. He retired again in 2012, and became a sporting director with the team.

At his peak he was one of Estonia’s top athletes and the first Estonian rider to win a stage in the tour de France . He dropped out of the Tour de France 12 times,. Letour.fr (1969-07-17). Retrieved on 2012-07-09. which is the record. In spite of this, he won multiple stages and wore the yellow jersey for six days in 1999.

Major Accomplishments

1992
1st Tro-Bro Léon
1993
1st GP d’Isbergues
1997
1st GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire
1st Tour de Vendée
1998
1st, Stage 3 Vuelta a España
1st GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire
1st Route Adélie
1st Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
1999
1st, Stage 1 Tour de France

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 Haribo
2001
1st, Stage 6 Tour de France
1st Danmark Rundt
1st
1st, 2 stages Tour Mediterranean
1st Route Adélie
1st, 2 stages Circuit de la Sarthe
1st GP de Denain
1st, 4 stages Four Days of Dunkirk (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, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
1st, Stage 5 Tour de France
1st
1st Tartu Tänavasõit
2003
1st
2004
1st
2005
1st, Stage 4 Tour de Pologne
1st
2007
1st
2008
1st
2009
1st Stage 9, Tour du Cameroun
1st Stage 7, Tour du Maroc
1st Stage 3 FBD Insurance Ras
1st Stage 8 FBD Insurance Ras
1st Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido
1st Stage 4 Tour de Hokkaido
1st Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour