Vladimir Karpets
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Vladimir Karpets (born September 20, 1980) 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.
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.
In 2007 he wo stage 1 at Vuelta Castilla y Leon.
| Riders on Caisse d'Epargne |
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David Arroyo | Eric Berthou | Florent Brard | Vladimir Efimkin | Imanol Erviti | Marco Fertonani | José Vicente Garcia | Iván Gutiérrez | Joan Horrach | Vladimir Karpets | Pablo Lastras | David Lopez | Alberto Losado | Alexei Markov | Óscar Pereiro | Aitor Pérez | Francisco Perez | Mathieu Perget | Nicolas Portal | Sébastien Portal | Vicente Reynès | Joaquin Rodriguez | Luis León Sánchez | Alejandro Valverde | Constantino Zaballa | Xabier Zandio |
| Manager |
| José Miguel Echavarri |
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