Reigning Olympic road cycling champion, Richard Carapaz was left out of the Ecuadorian delegation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in favor of Jhonatan Narvaez, who shone at the last Giro, announced the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation (FEC). “ Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado will compete in the road race and individual time trial », Specified the FEC, which reminds that Ecuador can only field one rider whether at the start of the road race or the time trial. Despite being sidelined, Carapaz wished good luck to Narvaez, winner at the beginning of the month of the 1st stage of the Giro and then leader of several stages. The two men have known each other since childhood and were teammates at Ineos for two seasons (2020-2022). “ This time it was not possible for me to be the representative at the Olympics and I want to wish good luck to Jhonatan, I wish him the best to represent us in the best possible way “, he said in a video posted on his social networks. At the Tokyo Games in 2021, Richard Carapaz won the road race ahead of Belgian Wout Van Aert and Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.
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