Richard Carapaz set for EF-EasyPost debut at Ecuadorian Championships
New arrival begins season after December toꦑnsillectom𒅌y

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Richard Carapaz will make his debu🐷t in the pink jersey of EF Education-EasyPost on Sunday when he lines out at the Ecuadorian Championships road race, which takes place in his hometown🐼 of Tulcan.
The 29-year-old joined the team this winter after three seasons with Ineos Grenadiers. Carapaz spent two-and-a-half weeks off the bike after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:undergoing a tonsillectomy in 🥀mid-December, but he resumed training in early January.
“I think things are getting back to where they belong again, the body adaptin𝐆g to the bike again and returning to routiꦐne,” Carapaz said on his return to training.
Carapaz will be joined in Sunday’s road race by EF teammates Jonathan Caicedo and Jefferson Cepeda. Caicedo and Cepeda will ꦆalso ride Friday’s individual time trial, though Carapaz will not take part in the event.
The remainder of Carapaz’s 2023 race schedule has yet to be outlined in full, though the Olympic champion has confirmed that the Tour de France will be the cen🌄trepiece of his season. He last participated in the race in 2021, placing third overall.
The org𝕴anisers of the Trofeo Laigueglia, meanwhile, announced last month that Carapaz would participate in their 🃏race, which takes place on March 1, while the Ecuadorian has indicated that the Ardennes Classics would be a target in the Spring.
“I’m very excited to star⛦t the season at the National Championships,” Carapaz . “We have a big calendar planned in Europe, and we have a big objective planned as a team. We’re dreaming big.”
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The 2019 Giro d’Italia winner came close to repeating the feat in last year&rs👍quo;s race, losing the maglia rosa to Jai Hindley on the Fedaia on the penultimate day. Carapaz went on to land a hat-trick of mountain stages at the Vuelta a España, where he also won the king of the mountains cla🥃ssification.

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, repor🗹ting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of , published by Gill Books.