Vladimir Karpets
 Karpets during 2007 Time Trial World Championship |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets | ||
| Born | September 20, 1980  Russia |
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| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st) | ||
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| Current team | Movistar Team | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | All rounder | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2001–2002 2003–2008 2009–2011 2012– |
Itera iBanesto.com Team Katusha Movistar Team |
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| Infobox last updated on 13 January 2012 |
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Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets (Russian: Владимир Александрович Карпец) (born 20 September 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team,[1] most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France. Karpets is a two-time Olympian. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Karpets competed in the men's team pursuit and men's individual pursuit track cycling events. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's road race.
Born in Saint Petersburg, Karpets turned to cycling and, like fellow Russian Denis Menchov before him, moved to Spain where he joined iBanesto.com.
In the 2004 Tour de France, he used his strong time trialing abilities to defeat Thomas Voeckler 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.
[edit] Palmares
- 2003
- Held Young rider classification
from Stages 4–6 Tour de France - 2004
- 1st
Overall, Vuelta a la Rioja - 13th Overall Tour de France
- 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
- 4th Stage 6
- 6th Stage 9
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2009
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 12th Overall Tour de France
- 2010
- 14th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 13th Overall Vuelta a España
- 4th Overall, Tour de Romandie
- 2011
- 2nd, National Individual Time Trial in Russia
[edit] References
- ^ "Karpets to Movistar, Bruseghin extends". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 22 October 2011. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/karpets-to-movistar-bruseghin-extends. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Vladimir Karpets – Russia <> cyclingarchives.com
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