Rene Mandri (born 20 January 1984 in

Jõgeva Jõgeva is a small town in Estonia with a population of around 5000 people. It is the capital of Jõgeva Parish and Jõgeva County. History Jõgeva was first mentioned in 1599 as ''Jagiwa'' manor, being established only recently on the lands ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

, who competed as a professional between 2006 and 2012, with the , and teams. He had a life-threatening crash in 2008 Giro d'Italia Stage 6. He has been working as cycling coach since 2014 and he is a recognized Sports Organisation Leader in Estonia with an IOC diploma. He created Cycling Tartu, a club to develop cycling in the Baltics. and was the U23 coach in Estonian Cyclists Union. He now works as a

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (, ) is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is seen as the equivalent to a field manager in baseball, or a head coach in football. At professional level, a directeur sportif follows t ...

for

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. He previously worked as a team manager for

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Major results

;2005 : 1st MaillotEstonia

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2006 : 1st Trophée Luc Leblanc : 2nd U23 Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2007 : 24th Milano- San Remo : 24th

Vuelta Espana Vuelta, Spanish for "lap" or "roundtrip", is used in the name of a number of cycling races in Spanish speaking countries, as well as a few other contexts: Cycling races * Vuelta a España is an annual cycle race in Spain, one of cycling's prestig ...

::6th Stage 2 & 3 ::9th Stage 5 : 28th Elite Road Race

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

;2011 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race held in late April and early May i ...

::1st Stage 2 : 2nd

Tartu GP 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 ...

;2012 : 1st

: 1st Stage 3

Vuelta Ciclista a León Vuelta Ciclista a León, also known as La Vuelta León, is a former road bicycle race held annually in the province of Province of León, León in Spain. From 2005 until 2013 it was organised as a 2.2 event on the professional UCI Europe Tour. The ...

;2013 : 3rd Overall

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: 5th Overall

Baltic Chain Tour Baltic Chain Tour is a stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. Baltic Chain Tour was established to commemorate Baltic Way. Tour is conducted mainly in the Baltic states of Estonia, L ...

References

External links

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Rene Mandri at Rattaprofid
* * 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Jõgeva Estonian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Estonia 21st-century Estonian sportsmen {{Estonia-cycling-bio-stub