Vladimir Karpets
Karpets at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships.
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| 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 team(s) | |
| 2001–2002 | Itera |
| 2003–2008 | iBanesto.com |
| 2009–2011 | Team Katusha |
| 2012–2013 | Movistar Team |
| Major wins | |
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Volta a Catalunya (2007) Tour de Suisse (2007) Young rider classification, Tour de France (2004) |
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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. 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 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. 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.
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