# 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 Voltas–Tartu 2024 by CCN.
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.

## Major results
### 1988

    1st Road race, National Road Championships

### 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 Time trial
       1st Road race
    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 Time trial
       1st Road race
    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
       Held after Stage 2–7
       Held after Stage 1–8
    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
       1st Time trial
       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 Time trial
       1st Road race
    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 Time trial, National Road Championships
    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 Time trial, National Road Championships
    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 Time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne
    1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
    7th Paris–Bourges
    9th Châteauroux Classic

### 2006

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

### 2007

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    6th Tartu GP
    7th Tallinn–Tartu GP

### 2008

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    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