Rein Taaramäe

Rein Taaramäe

Taaramäe at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full name	Rein Taaramäe
Nickname	Vader (from "reinuvader" – a Fox), Taarakas
Born	(1987-04-24) April 24, 1987 (age 30) Tartu, Estonia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team	Team Katusha–Alpecin
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	GC rider
Amateur team(s)
2007	Cofidis (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2008–2014	Cofidis
2015	Astana
2016–	Team Katusha
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2016) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2011) Stage races Vuelta a Burgos (2015) Arctic Race of Norway (2015) Single-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2009, 2013) National Time Trial Championships (2009, 2011, 2012)

Grand Tours

Stage races

Single-day races and Classics

Rein Taaramäe (born April 24, 1987 in Tartu) is an Estonian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam cycling team Team Katusha–Alpecin.

Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for Cofidis 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.