Vladimir Karpets

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.

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

2004

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

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 Stage 1 (TTT)

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

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish