Vladimir Karpets

**Stage races** :Volta a Catalunya ([2007](2007-volta-a-catalunya)) :Tour de Suisse ([2007](2007-tour-de-suisse)) **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](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](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.{{cite news|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/CYC/mens-individual-pursuit-4000-metres.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024029/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/CYC/mens-individual-pursuit-4000-metres.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres In the [2004 Tour de France](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](2005-uci-protour), he was not at the same level in the Tour de France, but nevertheless managed a top ten placing in the [Giro d'Italia](2005-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](2007-volta-a-catalunya) and the [Tour de Suisse](2007-tour-de-suisse). ## Career achievements ### Major results ;2001 : 8th Overall [Tour de Pologne](2001-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](2002-vuelta-a-castilla-y-leon) ;2003 : 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 8th Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 9th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Evgeni Petrov : [Tour de France](2003-tour-de-france) ::Held [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] after Stages 4–6 ;2004 : 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification [Tour de France](2004-tour-de-france) : 2nd Overall [Volta a Catalunya](2004-volta-a-catalunya) ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) : 7th Overall [Vuelta a Burgos](2004-vuelta-a-burgos) : 8th Overall [Vuelta a Castilla y León](2004-vuelta-a-castilla-y-leon) : 9th [GP Miguel Induráin](2004-gp-miguel-indurain) ;2005 : 7th Overall [Giro d'Italia](2005-giro-d-italia) : [Tour de France](2005-tour-de-france) ::Held [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] after Stages 8 & 9 ;2006 : 2nd Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas : 5th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 8th Overall [Vuelta a España](2006-vuelta-a-espana) : 8th Overall [Volta a Catalunya](2006-volta-a-catalunya) : 9th Overall [Tour de Suisse](2006-tour-de-suisse) ;2007 : 1st [[File:MaillotVolta.png|20px]] Overall [Volta a Catalunya](2007-volta-a-catalunya) ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) : 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [Tour de Suisse](2007-tour-de-suisse) : 1st Stage 1 (ITT) [Vuelta a Castilla y León](2007-vuelta-a-castilla-y-leon) : 2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 2 : 5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ::1st Stage 3b (ITT) : 7th Overall [Vuelta a España](2007-vuelta-a-espana) : 10th Overall [Vuelta a Murcia](2007-vuelta-a-murcia) ;2008 : 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : National Road Championships ::3rd Time trial ::8th Road race ;2009 : 2nd Overall [Tour de Romandie](2009-tour-de-romandie) : 5th Overall [Tour de Suisse](2009-tour-de-suisse) ;2010 : 1st Stage 3 (TTT) [Vuelta a Burgos](2010-vuelta-a-burgos) : 4th Overall [Tour de Romandie](2010-tour-de-romandie) : 6th Time trial, National Road Championships ;2011 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ### Grand Tour general classification results timeline ::data[format=table] | Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] Giro d'Italia | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] Tour de France | [[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]]/[[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] Vuelta a España | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | — | — | [7](2005-giro-d-italia) | — | — | [22](2008-giro-d-italia) | — | [14](2010-giro-d-italia) | — | — | [153](2013-giro-d-italia) | | | | | | [100](2003-tour-de-france) | [13](2004-tour-de-france) | [50](2005-tour-de-france) | [30](2006-tour-de-france) | [14](2007-tour-de-france) | — | [13](2009-tour-de-france) | [DNF](2010-tour-de-france) | [28](2011-tour-de-france) | [53](2012-tour-de-france) | — | | | | | | — | — | — | [8](2006-vuelta-a-espana) | [7](2007-vuelta-a-espana) | — | — | [13](2010-vuelta-a-espana) | [42](2011-vuelta-a-espana) | — | — | | | | | :: ::data[format=table title="Legend"] | — | DNF | |---|---| | Did not compete | | | Did not finish | | :: ## References ## References 1. (22 October 2011). ["Karpets to Movistar, Bruseghin extends"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/karpets-to-movistar-bruseghin-extends). *Future Publishing Limited*. 2. (27 July 2004). ["Armstrong makes history"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/3924353.stm). *BBC*. 3. ["Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres"](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/CYC/mens-team-pursuit-4000-metres.html). *Sports Reference LLC*. 4. Tim Maloney. (14 August 2004). ["Bettini unbeatable for Athens Gold"](http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=results/road_men_race). *Future Publishing Limited*. 5. {{usurped ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Karpets) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. 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