Rein Taaramäe

Rein Taaramäe
Personal information
Full name	Rein Taaramäe
Nickname	Vader (from "reinuvader" – a Fox)
Born	April 24, 1987 (age 37); Estonia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
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Discipline	Road
Role	Classification Rider
Rider type	GC rider
Major wins
	Stage 14 2011 Vuelta a España Tour de l'Ain (2009) ; Road Race Champion (2009); Time Trial Champion (2009, 2011) Paris-Nice Young Rider Classification (2011) Criterium International Young Rider Classification (2011)

Rein Taaramäe (born April 24, 1987 in Tartu) is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental cycling team You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Career

Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Miscellaneous

{{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.^[1] He also won Tour de l'Ain after winning the last stage to Col du Grand Colombier.^[2] In 2010 he finished seventh at the Paris-Nice and third at the Volta a Catalunya. 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

2006

U23 Time Trial Champion

1st, GP Ouest-France – U23 version

2007

1st, Stage 4, Circuit des Ardennes

, European U23 Time Trial Championship

2nd, National Time Trial Championship

2008

1st, Stage 2, Grand Prix du Portugal

1st, Stage 3, Grand Prix du Portugal

1st, Stage 6, Tour de l'Avenir

2009

Time Trial Champion

Road Race Champion

1st Overall, Tour de l'Ain

1st, Stage 5

1st

Mountains Classification, Vuelta al País Vasco

3rd Overall, Tour de Romandie

2nd Youth classification

8th Overall, Tour de Suisse

2010

3rd Overall, Volta a Catalunya

7th Overall, Paris–Nice

2nd Youth classification

9th Overall, Route du Sud

2011

Time Trial Champion

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

12th Overall, Tour de France

2nd

Youth classification

Held Maillot blanc

on Stage 18

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2009	2010	2011
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-
Tour de France	-	WD	12
Vuelta a España	74	-	WD

WD = withdrew

References

^ Greg Johnson (28 July 2009). "Taaramae takes road title too". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
^ "Cofidis sweeps Horner aside". Cycling News. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

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

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[1] Greg Johnson (28 July 2009). "Taaramae takes road title too". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

[2] "Cofidis sweeps Horner aside". Cycling News. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

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