Vladimir Karpets

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Vladimir Karpets

Karpets during 2007 Time Trial World Championship
Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Karpets
Date of birth	September 20, 1980 (1980-09-20) (age 27)
Country	Russia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb/12.4 st)
Team information
Current team	Caisse d'Epargne
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2001–2002 2003–	Itera Caisse d'Epargne
Major wins
Volta a Catalunya (2007) Tour de Suisse (2007) Young rider classification, Tour de France (2004)
Infobox last updated on:
May 28, 2007

Vladimir Karpets (born September 20, 1980 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam Caisse d'Epargne, 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 the Banesto cycling team.

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 Castilla y Leon and took the overall victory at the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de Suisse.

[edit] Major results

v • d • e Tour de France Maillot blanc (White jersey) winners 1975: Moser | 1976: Martínez Heredia | 1977: Thurau | 1978: Lubberding | 1979: Bernaudeau | 1980: Van der Velde | 1981: Winnen | 1982: Anderson | 1983: Fignon | 1984: LeMond | 1985: Parra | 1986: Hampsten | 1987: Alcalá | 1988: Breukink | 1989: Philipot | 1990: Delion | 1991: Mejía | 1992: Bouwmans | 1993: Martín | 1994: Pantani | 1995: Pantani | 1996: Ullrich | 1997: Ullrich | 1998: Ullrich | 1999: Salmon | 2000: Mancebo | 2001: Sevilla | 2002: Basso | 2003: Menchov | 2004: Karpets | 2005: Popovych | 2006: Cunego | 2007: Contador

v • d • e Riders on Caisse d'Epargne David Arroyo | Anthony Charteau | Arnaud Coyot | Mathieu Drujon | José Vicente García | Iván Gutiérrez | Joan Horrach | Vladimir Karpets | Pablo Lastras | David López | Alberto Losada | Daniel Moreno | Luis Pasamontes | Fabrice Patanchon | Óscar Pereiro | Marlon Perez Arango | Francisco Pérez | Mathieu Perget | Nicolas Portal | Joaquim Rodríguez | José Joaquín Rojas | José Rujano | Luis León Sánchez | Rigoberto Urán | Alejandro Valverde | Xabier Zandio | Manager: Eusebio Unzue

Persondata
NAME	Karpets, Vladimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1980-09-20
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH