Vladimir Miholjević (born 18 January 1974) is a Croatian former professional road bicycle racer. He turned pro in 1997. As of 2016, 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]

Vladimir Miholjević
Personal information
Born (1974-01-18) 18 January 1974 (age 50)
Zagreb, Croatia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1997–2001KRKA–Telekom Slovenije
2002–2004Alessio
2005–2009Liquigas–Bianchi
2010–2012Acqua & Sapone
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 TTT stage (2007)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships
(1998, 2000, 2012)
National Time Trial Championships (2012)

Major results

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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   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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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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
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Private life

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His son Fran is also a professional racing cyclist.

References

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  1. ^ "Nakon deset godina čekanja kreće "Tour de Croatie"". Index.hr (in Croatian). 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ^ "ProCyclingStats".
  3. ^ 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.
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