The Ecuadorian Cycling Federation (FEC) announced on Monday that it has chosen 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers) for the single spot for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris Olympic Games road events over defending champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Richard Carapaz.

Narváez will compete in both the time trial and ro🤪ad race in P𝓰aris.

The FEC ex𓂃plained that it appointed the Ecuadorian representative "as requested by the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE), on the basis of federal autonomy and the regulations issued."

In a statement ﷺissued on social media last week, Carapaz decried "a lack of transparency and fairness" in t🏅he selection process, and that they were "clearly biased and lack the fundamental principles of sports justice and equity."

However, on Monday, Carapaz issued a video wishing Narvaéz luck iꦑn Paris and thanking his supporteꦐrs.

The FEC only released its selection criteria i🍸n March but used UCI points gained from January 1 to May 21, 2024, to choose the top-ranked rider.

Carapaz was ranked higher than Narváez in the UCI rankings, which calculate points on a rolling 12-month calendar, but the situation was reversed in results taken 😼only fr💟om this year.

The EF Education First-EasyPost rider compla🦩ined that the revision to the selection criteria came out after the start of the period to gain points had already begun.

"This should have been issued a🎶t the end of the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games or at the end of last season when all athletes started with zero points and could plan our season equitably," Carapaz statedꦯ.

"However, its publication in an improvised manner and without room for manoeuvre seems to be designed to keep me out of Paris and e❀x🧔empt the president of the FEC from any responsibility."

Carapaz had appealed to the Ministry of Sport to int🔜ervene, but the FEC chose to finalise the selection before the request could be accepted.

In 2021, Carapaz became the first Ecuadorian athlete to win a gold medal in cycling at th🍎e Olympics. He raced in Tokyo with Narváez.

This season, Carapaz won his national time trial championship, while Narváez won the road race. Carapaz finished second overall in the Tour Colombia and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won the final stage. He also 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won a stage of the Tour de Romandie.

Narváez won the Down Under Classic and finished second in the Tour Down Under in January, and more recently 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won the opening stage of the꧃ Giro d'Italia.