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 competition, he became a cycling coach: he is coach of fellow Slovenian cyclist Tadej PogaÃÂar and also serves as head coach and head of selectors for the Slovenian national cycling team. He formerly managed , where as well as guiding PogaÃÂar through his under-23 career he coached Primoà ¾ Rogliàwhen the latter switched from ski jumping to cycling and rode for the team's development squad. In May 2019 Hauptman joined as a directeur sportif after PogaÃÂar joined the team.