While he will be at the start of the Bianche Strade this Saturday, Richard Carapaz sees further and intends to shine next May on the Giro roads, a race he has already won in 2019.
Richard Carapaz is experiencing a discreet start to the season. After leaving the Bessèges Star with all of his team EF Education-Easypost, the Equatorian did not play the leading roles on the Classic Var then the Tour of the Alpes-Maritimes. However, the Olympic champion in Tokyo in 2021 plans to gain strength on the Italian roads with the Strade Bianche as of this Saturday before chaining on Tirreno-Adriatico next week then during Milan-Turin on March 19. Italian roads that Richard Carapaz will find next May on the occasion of a Giro which he intends to approach with ambition.
“I have good memories of the Giro and going back this year is one of my biggest goals of the season,” he said in a statement from his team. During the winter, my preparation was excellent and throughout my training at home in Ecuador, I only thought of the Giro, and I think it is possible to win the race again. »Assuming to remain passionate about an event he won in 2019, Richard Carapaz does not intend to leave the pink jersey exposed in his trophies room alone.
Carapaz: “I want this year to count”
“I want another pink jersey,” he said without forgetting that the poster promises to be sumptuous despite the announced absence of the title of the Tadej Pogacar title. “There will be a lot of good contenders for the race like Primoz Roglic, Juan Ayuso and the Yates brothers, but we have to expect this for such an important race,” says the native of El Carmelo. For me and my morale, I go to win the race. To do this, he counts on “a super competitive team”. “I will have good teammates and I know they will be there to help me,” he added before saying that “the plan is to arrive at the Giro in perfect condition”. “I am 31 years old now and it is not my last chance, maybe I have two or three chances in my career for the general classification, but I want this year to count,” added a Richard Carapaz ready to leave aside the results during the races played upstream of the Giro, he who will be expected on the Tour of Catalonia then Liège-Bastogne-Liège before starting the final phase of his preparation.
