Race details | |
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Date | Early June |
Region | Tartu, Estonia |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
Organiser | Club Tartu Maraton |
History | |
First edition | 2001 |
Editions | 12 |
Final edition | 2012 |
First winner | Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) |
Most wins | Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) (3 wins) |
Final winner | Rene Mandri (EST) |
The Tartu GP was a one-day road cycling race in Tartu, Estonia. It was first run in 2001 and became part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.1 event in 2005. The most successful rider was Jaan Kirsipuu with three consecutive victories. The race was discontinued in 2012 and has instead been run as the final stage of the Tour of Estonia since that race's inception in 2013.
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2001 | Estonia | Jaan Kirsipuu | AG2R Prévoyance |
2002 | Estonia | Jaan Kirsipuu | AG2R Prévoyance |
2003 | Estonia | Jaan Kirsipuu | AG2R Prévoyance |
2004 | Ireland | Mark Scanlon | AG2R Prévoyance |
2005 | Lithuania | Tomas Vaitkus | AG2R Prévoyance |
2006 | Poland | Wojciech Pawłak | Knauf Team |
2007 | Estonia | Erki Pütsep | Bouygues Télécom |
2008 | Latvia | Aleksejs Saramotins | Rietumu Bank-Riga |
2009 | Germany | Hannes Blank | Continental Team Differdange |
2010 | Estonia | Tanel Kangert | Estonia (national team) |
2011 | France | Jean-Eudes Demaret | Cofidis |
2012 | Estonia | Rene Mandri | Endura Racing |
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