# Vladimir Karpets

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.
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. 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
### Major results
#### 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

#### 2004

    1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
    1st Young rider classification Tour de France
    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 after Stages 8 & 9

#### 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 Overall Tour de Suisse
    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

| Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 7 | — | — | 22 | — | 14 | — | — | 153 |
| Tour de France | 100 | 13 | 50 | 30 | 14 | — | 13 | DNF | 28 | 53 | — |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | — | — | 13 | 42 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |