Vladimir Karpets

Vladimir Karpets
	File:Vladimir Karpets.jpg Karpets at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets
Born	20 September 1980 (age 43); Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2001–2002	Itera
2003–2008	iBanesto.com
2009–2011	Team Katusha
2012–2013	Movistar Team
Major wins
	Volta a Catalunya (2007); Tour de Suisse (2007); Young rider classification, Tour de France (2004)
	Infobox last updated on; 3 January 2014

Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets (Russian: Владимир Александрович Карпец) (born 20 September 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team.^[1] Karpets is most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France^[2] and his victories in the overall classifications of the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de Suisse, both in 2007. Karpets is also a two-time Olympian.

Born in Leningrad, Karpets turned to cycling and, like fellow Russian Denis Menchov before him, moved to Spain where he joined iBanesto.com.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Karpets competed on the track in the men's team pursuit where Russia got eliminated in the quarter-finals by Great Britain and took eighth.^[3] He also participated in the men's individual pursuit competition, finishing 11th.^[4] At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he competed in the men's road race, helping his fellow countryman Alexandr Kolobnev to a place of tenth.^[5]

In the 2004 Tour de France, he used his strong time trialing abilities to defeat Thomas Voeckler in the youth classification on the penultimate stage.^[2] In the 2005 season, he was not at the same level in the Tour de France, but nevertheless managed a top ten placing in the Giro d'Italia. In 2007 he won stage 1 at Vuelta a Castilla y León and took the overall victory at the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de Suisse.

Palmares

2002

2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

2003

Held Young rider classification

from Stages 4–6 Tour de France

2004

1st

1st

2005: 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
2006: 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya; 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
2007: 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya; 1st Overall Tour de Suisse; 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León; 7th Overall Vuelta a España
2008: 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia; 3rd National Time Trial Championships
2009: 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie; 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
2010: 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
2011: 2nd National Time Trial Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Giro	—	—	7	—	—	22	—	14	—	—	153
Tour	100	13	50	30	14	—	13	WD	28	53	—
Vuelta	—	—	—	8	7	—	—	13	42	—	—

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

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