Rein Taaramäe

Rein Taaramäe

Personal information
Full name	Rein Taaramäe
Nickname	Vader (from "reinuvader" – a Fox)
Born	(1987-04-24) April 24, 1987 Tartu, Estonia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
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Discipline	Road
Role	Classification Rider
Rider type	GC rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2011) Stage races Tour de l'Ain (2009) Paris–Nice Young rider classification (2011) Critérium International Young rider classification (2011) Single-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2009, 2013) National Time Trial Championships (2009, 2011, 2012)

Rein Taaramäe (born April 24, 1987 in Tartu) is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team

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Career

Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for

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• {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia. after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 2007 and winning a stage at the Circuit des Ardennes early in the season. In 2008 he won two stages of Grand Prix du Portugal and a stage of Tour de l'Avenir. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Taaramäe competed in the road race and the road time trial.

In 2009 he finished third at the Tour de Romandie and eighth at the Tour de Suisse. Taaramäe won both the national road race and time trial championships. He also won Tour de l'Ain after winning the last stage to Col du Grand Colombier. In 2010 he finished seventh at the Paris-Nice and third at the Volta a Catalunya. In 2011, Rein finished 11th overall in The Tour de France. On Stage 14 of the 2011 Vuelta a España Taaramae and breakaway companion David de la Fuente were the last two riders of a 17 man breakaway, but with 2 km to go de la Fuente dropped back to pace teammate Juan José Cobo up the climb allowing Taaramae to solo to his first ever Grand Tour stage win.

Palmares

2005

3rd overall, juniors Course de Paix

2006

1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships

1st, GP Ouest-France – U23 version

2007

1st, Stage 4, Circuit des Ardennes

2nd , European Under-23 Time Trial Championships

2nd, National Time Trial Championship

2008

1st, Stages 2 & 3, Grand Prix du Portugal

1st, Stage 6, Tour de l'Avenir

2009

1st National Time Trial Championships

1st National Road Race Championships

1st Overall, Tour de l'Ain

1st, Stage 5

1st Mountains Classification, Vuelta al País Vasco

3rd Overall, Tour de Romandie

8th Overall, Tour de Suisse

2010

3rd Overall, Volta a Catalunya

7th Overall, Paris–Nice

9th Overall, Route du Sud

2011

1st National Time Trial Championships

1st, Stage 14, Vuelta a Espana

3rd Overall, Critérium International

1st Youth classification

4th Overall, Paris–Nice

1st Youth classification

8th Overall, Volta ao Algarve

10th Overall, Circuit Cycliste Sarthe

2012

1st National Time Trial Championships

2nd Overall, Vuelta a Andalucía

3rd Overall, Étoile de Bessèges

8th Overall, Tour du Poitou Charentes

2013

1st National Road Race Championships

2nd, National Time Trial Championships

3rd, Cholet-Pays de Loire

Rein Taaramäe at the Tour de l'Ain

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Giro	-	-	-	-	-
Tour	-	WD	11	36	?
Vuelta	74	-	WD	-	?

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

External links

• Rein Taaramäe's blog Template:Et icon
• Rein Taaramäe at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Palmarès by cyclingbase.com
• Taaramae believes in top 10 placing at Tour de France Cyclingnews.com story in March 2011
• Taaramae comes of age, still makes mistakes Cyclingnews.com story in March 2010