Slovenian cyclist

Andrej Hauptman (born 5 May 1975) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist. 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. After retiring from compe*ion, 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. He formerly managed Ljubljana Gusto Santic, 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. In May 2019 Hauptman joined UAE Team Emirates as a directeur sportif after Pogačar joined the team.

Major results

19975th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships19981st Overall Okolo Slovenska1st Stage 6Tour de Slovénie1st Stages 2 & 71st Stage 1 Tour of Austria19998th Grand Prix Pino Cerami20001st Road race, National Road Championships1st Grand Prix de Fourmies3rd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland9th Cl*ic Haribo20011st Overall Istrian Spring Trophy1st Stage 33rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships5th HEW Cycl*ics5th Paris–Tours7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen20024th Road race, UCI Road World Championships4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami20045th Road race, Olympic Games9th HEW Cycl*ics10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

References

External links

• Andrej Hauptman at Cycling Archives
• Andrej Hauptman at ProCyclingStats