Carapaz and Castroviejo, leaders of the Ineos for the Giro d’Italia

The Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz will be the leader of Ineos Grenadiers for him Italy is spinning which will begin on May 6 at budapest and in the ‘eight’ of his team will also be Spanish Jonathan Castroviejo.

The British formation will fight to renew the pink jersey achieved by absent Colombian Egan Bernal in 2021, recovering from injuries from a serious accident.

The Ineos are at the start line in Budapest with a team consisting of Richard Carapaz, Jonathan Castroviejo, Jhonatan Narváez, Richie Porte, Salvatore Puccio, Pavel Sivakov, Ben Swift and Ben Tulett.

“I have good memories of the Giro since it started in Israel, in Tel Aviv. Being there competing in that country and then winning a stage in my first Giro is one of the best memories I have in this career. It was a race I wanted, probably my favorite race, so winning was something special. I remember that stage, “said Richard Carapaz, winner of the 2019 Giro.

Carapaz made history by giving Ecuador the first major stage of the race, a historic milestone.

“When I won the Giro d’Italia in 2019 it was something really special, it was a race I wanted to compete in, so to win it was an incredible moment. It wasn’t just a significant achievement for me. , it was a special achievement for my country.It had a big impact and started a new cycling era for Ecuador.It also had an impact on me mentally because it showed me that I have the ability to be successful driver of the Grand Tour. “

Carapaz will have a strong team that will support him as a leader.

“We’re all here to win the Giro d’Italia, we all know this is the goal and we want to achieve it. I think when you have a team that is behind the same goal, and a team of riders that is very strong, willing to help one another, that is a real strength. ”