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Historic Overview Jaan Kirsipuu

Rider

Overall Rank488
NameJaan KIRSIPUU
Country
  Estonia
Date of birth17-Jul-1969 - Tartu (Tartumaa)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Jaan Kirsipuu

Jaan Kirsipuu (born 17 July 1969 in Tartu) is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Tartu2024 Cycling team.

He spent the majority of his career riding under the management of Vincent Lavenu, initially joining Lavenu's Chazal–Vanille et Mûre team as a stagiaire and staying with the squad in its various incarnations for 12 years, taking a total of 124 race wins for the team. 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–Riga. In 2009 he joined LeTua Cycling Team. During his career, Kirsipuu got 115 professional wins and another 62 wins from criteriums and other non-professional races. He retired again in 2012, and became a sporting director with the Astana 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, which is the record. In spite of this, he won multiple stages and wore the yellow jersey for six days in 1999. This made him the only rider from Estonia to lead any of the three Grand Tours until Rein Taaramäe led the Vuelta for two days in 2021.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

12 4 5 67

Major Victories

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2003
G.P. Cholet-Pays de Loire 1997, 1998, 1999
G.P. de Denain 1998, 2001
G.P. d'Isbergues 1993
Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne 2002
Route Adélie de Vitré 1998, 2001
Tour de Vendée 2000, 2003
4 Jours de Dunkerque - stages 1993 (1), 1998 (1), 1999 (2), 2000 (1), 2001 (4), 2003 (1)
Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de Loire - stages 1998 (3), 2001 (2)
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen - stages 2003 (1), 2004 (2)
Etoile de Bessèges - stages 1998 (1), 1999 (2), 2000 (3), 2002 (2), 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2006 (2)
Paris - Nice - stages 1999 (1), 2000 (1)
Route Adélie de Vitré - stages 1994 (1)
Route du Sud - stages 1998 (1)
Setmana Catalana - stages 2000 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1999 (1), 2001 (1), 2002 (1), 2004 (1)
Tour de l'Avenir - stages 1993 (1)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1997 (1), 1999 (1), 2001 (1)
Tour de Pologne - stages 1997 (2), 1999 (1), 2000 (3), 2001 (1), 2005 (1)
Tour de Wallonie - stages 2004 (1)
Tour du Poitou-Charentes - stages 2005 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 1998 (1)
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Seasons

Jaan Kirsipuu - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1987 Individual
11 883
2. 1988 Individual
10 941
3. 1991 Individual
5 1118
4. 1992 Chazal - Vanille et Mûre - Vetta
17 762
5. 1993 Chazal - Vetta - MBK
318 171
6. 1994 Chazal - MBK - König
152 299
7. 1995 Chazal - MBK - König
157 272
8. 1996 Petit Casino
321 170
9. 1997 Casino - C'est votre Equipe
537 113
10. 1998 Casino - Ag2r
822 65
11. 1999 Casino - Ag2R
1344 33
12. 2000 Ag2r - Décathlon
741 79
13. 2001 Ag2r - Décathlon
860 66
14. 2002 Ag2r Prévoyance
626 96
15. 2003 Ag2r
658 88
16. 2004 Ag2r
846 66
17. 2005 Crédit Agricole
459 141
18. 2006 Crédit Agricole
156 388
19. 2007 Elite without contract
19 1195
20. 2008 Elite without contract
18 1187
21. 2009 Letua Cycling Team
27 945
22. 2010 CKT TMIT - Champion System
51 740
23. 2011 Champion System
45 835
24. 2012 Champion System Pro Cycling Team
15 1347
Overall: 8215 488