Jaan Kirsipuu

Jaan Kirsipuu

Personal information
Full name	Jaan Kirsipuu
Born	(1969-07-17) 17 July 1969 Tartu, Estonia
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
ACBB
Professional team(s)
1992–2004	Chazal–Vanille et Mûre
2005–2006	Crédit Agricole
2009	LeTua Cycling Team
2010–2012	CKT TMIT–Champion System
Managerial team(s)
2013–2014	Astana
Major wins
2004 – Tour de France, 1 stage 2002 – Tour de France, 1 stage 2001 – Tour de France, 1 stage 1999 – Tour de France, 1 stage 1998 – Vuelta a España, 1 stage
Infobox last updated on 1 April 2013

Jaan Kirsipuu (born 17 July 1969 in Tartu) is a retired Estonian road bicycle racer, living in Estonia. 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.^[1] 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 - Rīga. In 2009 he joined Team Giant-Veoila. During his career Kirsipuu took over 130 professional wins. 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,^[2] which is the record. In spite of this, he won multiple stages and wore the yellow jersey for six days in 1999.

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