Vladimir Miholjević
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 January 1974 Zagreb, Croatia |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1997–2001 | KRKA–Telekom Slovenije |
| 2002–2004 | Alessio |
| 2005–2009 | Liquigas–Bianchi |
| 2010–2012 | Acqua & Sapone |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Vladimir Miholjević (born 18 January 1974) is a Croatian former professional road bicycle racer. He turned pro in 1997. As of 2016[update], he, Robert Kišerlovski and Kristijan Đurasek are only three Croats who has completed the Tour de France.[1][2] He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
Major results
- 1998
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st
Overall Tour of Croatia
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 8th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1999
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2000
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Jadranska Magistrala
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Tour du Doubs
- 2nd Overall Tour de Slovénie
- 7th Overall UNIQA Classic
- 2001
- 1st Poreč Trophy
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Overall Tour de Slovénie
- 8th Vlaamse Havenpijl
- 9th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 9th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 2002
- 1st
Mountains classification Paris–Nice - 2003
- 7th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
- 2004
- 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 4th Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 2005
- 5th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 7th Giro dell'Emilia
- 10th Züri-Metzgete
- 2007
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 2008
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2010
- 8th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 2011
- 9th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 10th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
35 | 39 | 24 | 31 | DNF | 65 | 21 | 53 | 25 | 31 |
 Tour de France
|
— | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
24 | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Private life
His son Fran is also a professional racing cyclist.
References
- ^ "Nakon deset godina čekanja kreće "Tour de Croatie"". Index.hr (in Croatian). 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "ProCyclingStats".
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimir Miholjević". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- Vladimir Miholjević at UCI
- Vladimir Miholjević at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Vladimir Miholjević at ProCyclingStats
- Vladimir Miholjević at Olympedia
- Vladimir Miholjević at Olympics.com
- Vladimir Miholjević at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Vladimir Miholjević at Olympic.org (archived)
- Vladimir Miholjević at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived, also available in English)
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