# Tanel Kangert

Tanel Kangert (born 11 March 1987) is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.

## Early life

Kangert was born in Vändra, Estonia. He attended kindergarten alongside fellow Estonian cyclist Rein Taaramäe.

## Career

Kangert signed his first professional contract with Ag2r–La Mondiale in 2008, after riding with the team as a stagiaire in the 2007 season. In the same year, he finished first in the Estonian National Time Trial Championships. However, during 2008 he also suffered from severe pain in both of his knees, requiring surgery to allow them to move more naturally. This forced him to race as an amateur during the 2010 season.
In 2011, Kangert signed for the Kazakh team Astana. In 2012, he won the final stage of the Tour de Suisse, beating Jérémy Roy in a sprint after the pair had attacked from a breakaway group earlier in the race. In the same year, he also won the Estonian National Road Race Championships. Kangert was one of Vincenzo Nibali's main domestiques in the 2013 Giro d'Italia, finishing in 14th position himself, after which it was announced he would sign a 3-year extension to his contract at Astana. In 2016, Kangert finished second in the Giro del Trentino, two seconds behind Mikel Landa, after winning the final stage. In October of the same year, he won the Abu Dhabi Tour ahead of Nicolas Roche.
Kangert signed for American outfit EF Education First for the 2019 season. He signed for Team BikeExchange on a two-year contract for the 2021 season, in support of Simon Yates who had recently extended his contract with the team.

## Major results
### 2004

    10th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors

### 2005

    1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
    3rd Overall Liège–La Gleize

### 2006

    6th Overall Tour des Pyrénées

### 2007

    1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Kreiz Breizh Elites
    3rd Riga Grand Prix
    7th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    8th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    9th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
    10th Coppa Placci

### 2008

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    4th Boucles de l'Aulne

### 2010

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    1st Tartu GP

### 2011

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2012

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse

### 2013

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
    5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    6th Overall Tour de Suisse
    9th Overall Tour de Pologne

### 2014

    5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

### 2016

    1st Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Overall Giro del Trentino
       1st Stages 1 (TTT), 3 & 4
    6th Vuelta a Murcia
    9th Road race, Olympic Games

### 2018

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    Combativity award Stage 17 Tour de France

### 2019

    7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2020

    2nd Ardèche Classic
    4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
    8th Overall Paris–Nice
    9th La Drôme Classic

### 2021

    6th Overall Tour of Slovenia

### 2022

    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    10th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 26 | 13 | — | 13 | 23 | DNF | DNF | 18 | 32 | 21 | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 22 | 26 | — | 16 | 27 | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 63 | — | 11 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 39 | — | — | 8 | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 35 | 29 | 25 | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | 64 | 19 | — | — | 40 | NH | 33 | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | — | 44 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | DNF |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | 41 | 21 | 17 | NH | — | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | 14 | — | — | 32 | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | NH | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |