Rein Taaramäe

Clean Taaramäe ( born April 24 1987 in Tartu, Estonian SSR) is an Estonian cyclist.

Career

Clean Taaramäe in 2005 third overall in the Peace Race for juniors. In the 2006 season he was Estonian time trial champion the U23 class and he won the Grand Prix Plouay in the same class. He also started in two races of the Road Cycling World Championship in Salzburg and took the time trial on the 19th rank. In 2007 he was third in the Paris- Troyes and won quickly followed by a stage of the Circuit des Ardennes, where he was fifth overall. On 1 August he was taken at the French ProTour team Cofidis internships under contract. In 2008 he won two stages at the Grand Prix du Portugal and was third in the overall standings. During the time trial of the Olympic Games in Beijing, he could reach the 16th place in the road race he was 48, he also won the time trial at the Tour de l' Avenir for themselves. 2009 was his most successful season. After winning the mountain jersey in the Basque Country tour he finished third in the Tour de Romandie and eighth at the Tour de Suisse. According to the National Championship titles in Estonian road race and time trial, he won the queen stage of the Tour de l' Ain and thus the overall standings. At the end of the 2009 season, he took part in the Vuelta a España. Here he made a particularly belligerent driving attention.

Achievements

• Estonian Champion - Individual Time Trial ( U23 )
• Grand Prix Plouay ( U23 )

• A stage Circuit des Ardennes

• Two stages of the Grand Prix du Portugal
• A stage in the Tour de l' Avenir

• Mountains classification Basque Country tour
• 3rd place Tour de Romandie
• 8th Tour de Suisse
• Estonian Champion - Individual Time Trial
• Estonian Champion - Road Race
• Estonian Champion - Road Race ( U23 )
• A stage and General Classification Tour de l' Ain

• 3rd place of the Tour of Catalonia
• 7th place in Paris-Nice
• 9th place Trofeo Inca

• Youth classification winner and 3rd place overall at Critérium International
• Youth classification winner and 4th place overall at Paris-Nice
• 8th place in the Algarve Tour
• Estonian Champion - Individual Time Trial
• A stage in the Vuelta a España

• Estonian Champion - Individual Time Trial
• 2nd place in the Tour of Andalusia
• 3rd place at the Étoile de Bessèges
• 8th place at the Tour du Poitou -Charentes

• Estonian Champion - Road Race
• 3rd place in the Grand Prix Cholet - Pays de la Loire

Rankings in the Grand Tours

WD = Task

Team

• 2007 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone ( Stagiaire )
• 2008 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
• 2009 Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne
• 2010 Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne
• 2011 Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne
• 2012 Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne
• 2013 Cofidis, Solutions Crédits