Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets () (born 20 September 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . 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 .
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 after Stages 4–6 2004 1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja 1st 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 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 Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 1st 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 Giro d'Italia——7——22—14——153 Tour de France10013503014—13DNF2853— / Vuelta a España———87——1342——
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Palmares at CyclingBase (French)