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Vladimir Karpets

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Karpets is the 586th most popular cyclist (down from 572nd in 2024), the 2,831st most popular biography from Russia and the 14th most popular Russian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Vladimir Karpets ranks 586 out of 1,613. Before him are Reg Harris, Dirk De Wolf, João Almeida, Viktor Manakov, Sérgio Paulinho, and Claudio Vandelli. After him are Franco Pellizotti, Roger Ilegems, Thomas De Gendt, Edita Pučinskaitė, Filippo Pozzato, and Dan Frost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Vladimir Karpets ranks 506. Before him are Joey Yung, Michelle Kwan, Katie Morgan, Sérgio Paulinho, Wilfred Bungei, and Hiroshi Tamaki. After him are Adiel de Oliveira Amorim, Lucian Sânmărtean, Shizuka Itō, Ovidie, Jessica Boehrs, and Oliver Marach.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Karpets ranks 2,831 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolay Fyodorov (1958), Lidia Yusupova (1961), Sasha Pivovarova (1985), Zara (1983), Kamaliya (1977), and Nikolay Larionov (1957). After him are Nikolay Gulyayev (1966), Vladimir Ryzhkov (1966), Alexander Zhuravlyov (1965), Ksenia Sukhinova (1987), Valerios Leonidis (1966), and Andrei Borisenko (1964).

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Among CYCLISTS In Russia

Among cyclists born in Russia, Vladimir Karpets ranks 14. Before him are Anatoly Chukanov (1954), Sergei Ivanov (1975), Alexandr Kolobnev (1981), Olga Zabelinskaya (1980), Sergei Kopylov (1960), and Viktor Manakov (1960). After him are Evgeni Petrov (1978), Alexei Markov (1979), Mikhail Ignatiev (1985), Ilnur Zakarin (1989), Irina Kalentieva (1977), and Dmitry Nelyubin (1971).

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