Andrej Hauptman

Andrej Hauptman (born 5 May 1975) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist. In 2001 he became the first Slovenian rider to take a world championship medal in cycling when he won the bronze in the road race at the Road World Championships. After retiring from competition, he became a cycling coach: he is coach of fellow Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar and also serves as head coach and head of selectors for the Slovenian national cycling team. He formerly managed , where as well as guiding Pogačar through his under-23 career he coached Primož Roglič when the latter switched from ski jumping to cycling and rode for the team's development squad. In May 2019 Hauptman joined as a directeur sportif after Pogačar joined the team.

Major results

1997 5th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 1998 1st Overall Okolo Slovenska 1st Stage 6 Tour de Slovénie 1st Stages 2 & 7 1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria 1999 8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami 2000

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies 3rd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland 9th Classic Haribo 2001 1st Overall Istrian Spring Trophy 1st Stage 3

5th HEW Cyclassics 5th Paris–Tours 7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 2002 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami 2004 5th Road race, Olympic Games 9th HEW Cyclassics 10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami