Vladimir Karpets

Vladimir Karpets

Personal information
Full name Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets
Born (1980-09-20) 20 September 1980
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

[6]

2002
2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2nd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
2003
Held Young rider classification from Stages 4–6 Tour de France
2004
1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
13th Overall Tour de France
1st Young rider classification
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
Pink jersey Giro 7 22 14 153
Yellow jersey Tour 100 13 50 30 14 13 WD 28 53
red jersey Vuelta 8 7 13 42

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

  1. "Karpets to Movistar, Bruseghin extends". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 22 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Armstrong makes history". BBC Sport (BBC). 27 July 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  3. "Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". Sports Reference (Sports Reference LLC). Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. "Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres". Sports Reference (Sports Reference LLC). Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. Tim Maloney (14 August 2004). "Bettini unbeatable for Athens Gold". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  6. Vladimir Karpets – Russia at cyclingarchives.com

External links

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