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Full name | Andrej Hauptman | ||||||||||||||
Born | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 5 May 1975||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider Directeur sportif | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | Vini Caldirola | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Lampre | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Fassa Bortolo | ||||||||||||||
2006 | Radenska–PowerBar | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrej Hauptman (born 5 May 1975) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist.[1] In 2001 he became the first Slovenian rider to take a world championship medal in cycling when he won the bronze in the road race at the Road World Championships.[2] After retiring from competition, he became a cycling coach: he is coach of fellow Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar and also serves as head coach and head of selectors for the Slovenian national cycling team.[2][3] He formerly managed Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana, where as well as guiding Pogačar through his under-23 career he coached Primož Roglič when the latter switched from ski jumping to cycling and rode for the team's development squad.[4][5] In May 2019 Hauptman joined UAE Team Emirates as a directeur sportif after Pogačar joined the team.[4]