Vladimir Karpets

Template:Short description Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets (Template:Langx) (born 20 September 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Template:Cycling data MOV. Karpets is most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France 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 Template:Cycling data GCE.

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. He also participated in the men's individual pursuit competition, finishing 11th. 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.

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. 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.

Career achievements

Major results

2001

8th Overall Tour de Pologne

10th Time trial, National Road Championships

10th Overall Volta ao Alentejo

2002

2nd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo

4th Subida al Naranco

8th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

2003

6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja

8th Overall Vuelta a Aragón

9th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Evgeni Petrov

Tour de France

Held File:Jersey white.svg after Stages 4–6

2004

1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a La Rioja

1st File:Jersey white.svg Young rider classification Tour de France

2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

8th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

9th GP Miguel Induráin

2005

7th Overall Giro d'Italia

Tour de France

Held File:Jersey white.svg after Stages 8 & 9

2006

2nd Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas

5th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja

8th Overall Vuelta a España

8th Overall Volta a Catalunya

9th Overall Tour de Suisse

2007

1st File:MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Vuelta a Castilla y León

2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja

1st Stage 2

5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo

1st Stage 3b (ITT)

7th Overall Vuelta a España

10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

2008

1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

National Road Championships

3rd Time trial

8th Road race

2009

2nd Overall Tour de Romandie

5th Overall Tour de Suisse

2010

1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos

4th Overall Tour de Romandie

6th Time trial, National Road Championships

2011

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia	—	—	7	—	—	22	—	14	—	—	153
A yellow jersey Tour de France	100	13	50	30	14	—	13	DNF	28	53	—
A red jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España	—	—	—	8	7	—	—	13	42	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

External links

• Palmares at CyclingBase (French)
• Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Cycling Archives (archive)Template:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck