PARIS (France), 21 oct 2011 (AFP) - Katusha's Vladimir Karpets, a former winner of the Tour de France white jersey, will rejoin Movistar in 2012, the Spanish cycling outfit announced Friday. The 31-year-old Russian spent six years (2003-2008) under the leadership of manager Eusebio Unzue when the team was variously called Banesto, Iles Baleares and Caisse d'Epargne. He signed for … [Read more...]
Police Raid Katusha Over Doping Suspicions
April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
ROME, April 14, 2011 - Italian police raided the racing headquarters of Russian pro cycling outfit Katusha at Lonato in northern Italy on Thursday, seizing five biological passports, the team have announced. "The police asked only for the biological passports of five riders, one of whom is no longer on our books," Katusha said in a team statement. "We have fully cooperated, giving … [Read more...]
Karpet Out Of Tour After Week Of Racing With Fracture
July 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
SAINT-JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE, France, July 13, 2010 (AFP) - Russia's Vladimir Karpets has pulled out of the Tour de France after being told the hand injury he has been riding with for a week is actually a fracture. Karpets was one of the race's many crash victims on stage two to Spa in the Belgian Ardennes, but it was not until he went for scans during Monday's rest day that the big Katusha team … [Read more...]
Russian Team Katusha Signs McEwen and Karpets
September 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Sept 1, 2008 (AFP) - Future Russian cycling team Katusha, to be created from the Tinkoff formation, on Monday announced the recruitment of experienced Australian Robbie McEwen and Russian Vladimir Karpets. McEwen and Karpets will join up with Italian Filippo Pozzato and Belgian sprinter Gert Steegmans at their new team. Tinkoff, owned by Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov, said … [Read more...]