Jaan Kirsipuu

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

He spent the majority of his career riding under the management of Vincent Lavenu, initially joining Lavenu's 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 . In 2009 he joined . 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 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.

Major results

1988

1990 6th Overall Tour of Sweden 1st Stage 6 1992 1st Tro-Bro Léon 1st Stage 1 Paris–Bourges 3rd La Côte Picarde 1993 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues Quatre Jours de l'Aisne 1st Stages 1a, 1b & 5 1st Stage 4 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir 3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 1994 Quatre Jours de l'Aisne 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Stage 4 Tour d'Armorique 1st Stage 4 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 3rd La Côte Picarde 1995 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Stage 4a Quatre Jours de l'Aisne 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 1996 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 6th Grand Prix de Rennes 1997 1st Tour de Vendée 1st GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 1st Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 3 & 4 1st Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 1 Giro di Puglia 2nd Classic Haribo 6th Omloop van het Waasland 6th Scheldeprijs 7th Omloop Het Volk 7th Grand Prix de Denain 1998 National Road Championships

1st GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire 1st Route Adélie 1st Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts 1st GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 5 Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 1 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud 1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 3rd Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 3rd Overall Giro di Puglia 1st Stages 1 & 3 3rd Tour de Vendée 3rd Paris–Tours 4th Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 8th Overall Tour de Picardie 1999 National Road Championships

1st Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route 1st Overall Tour de Picardie 1st Stage 2b 1st GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire 1st Tour de Vendée 1st Tour de l'Oise Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stages 4 & 5 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1st Stages 6 & 7 Tour de France 1st Stage 1

1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 1b Tour of Sweden 1st Stage 5 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 3 Giro della Provincia di Lucca 2nd GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut 3rd Paris–Tours 10th Route Adélie 2000 1st Classic Haribo 1st Tour de Vendée Tour de Pologne 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4 1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 5a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 7 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1st Stage 5 Danmark Rundt National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 2nd Road race 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stages 1, 3 & 6 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 8th Boucles de l'Aulne 9th Omloop Het Volk 9th GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut 9th Paris–Tours 2001 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 1st Route Adélie 1st Grand Prix de Denain 1st Tartu Tänavasõit 1st Sadamast Sadamasse (Tallinn-Paldiski) 1st Stage 6 Tour de France Tour Méditerranéen 1st Points classification 1st Stages 5 & 6 Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Stage 2 Tour de Picardie 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 1 Giro della Provincia di Lucca 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt 1st Stage 6 2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen 6th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1st Stages 1, 2, 4 & 7 6th Paris–Brussels 7th Tour de Vendée 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 8th Cholet-Pays de Loire 8th Paris–Tours 2002 National Road Championships

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1st Classic Haribo 1st Tartu Tänavasõit 1st Stage 5 Tour de France Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stages 4 & 5 6th Overall Danmark Rundt 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 2003

1st Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route 1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi 1st Classic Haribo 1st Tour de Vendée 1st GP Ühispanga Tartu 1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 1st Stage 2 1st Stage 5 Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 3 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1st Stage 6 Danmark Rundt 1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 2nd Scheldeprijs 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen 7th Cholet-Pays de Loire 7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 10th GP de la Ville de Rennes 2004

1st Stage 1 Tour de France Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 2 & 5 1st Stage 4 Tour de la Région Wallonne 2nd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 2 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 2nd Tour de Vendée 3rd Gent–Wevelgem 5th Tallinn–Tartu GP 6th Overall Tour de Picardie 9th Paris–Tours 2005 National Road Championships

1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 7th Paris–Bourges 9th Châteauroux Classic 2006

Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stages 2 & 5 8th Classic Haribo 2007 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 6th Tartu GP 7th Tallinn–Tartu GP 2008

4th Riga GP 7th Tallinn–Tartu GP 2009 FDB Insurance Ras 1st Stages 3 & 8 Tour de Hokkaido 1st Stages 3 & 4 1st Stage 9 Tour du Cameroun 1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour 2nd Tallinn–Tartu GP 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 9th Overall Tour du Maroc 1st Stage 7 2010 2nd Tallinn–Tartu GP 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 6th Mumbai Cyclothon 8th Vice President Cup 2011 1st Jūrmala GP 1st Stage 4 Tour de Korea 4th Tallinn–Tartu GP 7th Tour de Mumbai I 2012 6th Jūrmala GP