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.
 Karpets at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets |
| Born | 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 teams | |
| 2001–2002 | Itera |
| 2003–2008 | iBanesto.com |
| 2009–2011 | Team Katusha |
| 2012–2013 | Movistar Team |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
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.
Career achievements
editMajor results
edit- 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
- Held
- 2004
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
- 1st
- 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
- Held
- 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
- 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
edit| Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 7 | — | — | 22 | — | 14 | — | — | 153 | |
| 100 | 13 | 50 | 30 | 14 | — | 13 | DNF | 28 | 53 | — | |
| — | — | — | 8 | 7 | — | — | 13 | 42 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Karpets to Movistar, Bruseghin extends". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Armstrong makes history". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 July 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". Sports Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Individual Pursuit, 4,000 metres". Sports Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Tim Maloney (14 August 2004). "Bettini unbeatable for Athens Gold". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Vladimir Karpets – Russia at cyclingarchives.com
External links
edit Media related to Vladimir Karpets at Wikimedia Commons
- Palmares at CyclingBase (French)
- Vladimir Karpets at Cycling Archives (archived)