The Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapazwhich recently came in second place in Italy is spinningannounced Monday that he would skip the Tour de France to focus on Back to Spainwhere he finished on the second step of the podium in 2020.
Within the calendar he had planned at the beginning of the year was to contend with two of the great tours and, after trying to win his second Giro, Carapaz decided to devote all his energy for the tour to Spain.
“That would be the main goal. It used to be possible to do a little lap like that Tour of Poland. Then I will end the season with some classics, ”the Ineos Granadiers rider said at a press conference on his return to Ecuador.
“I’m going to be in the country for about a month. I estimate that I’m at home, in (the province of) Carchi for training. It’s a place that I like much, and I always stay there to train. It is my favorite place “, Carapaz admitted in a press conference.
Olympic champion of Tokyo 2020 adopted that the balance of the last Giro was “positive” even as reached in the last days of the Australian Jay Hindley.
“It was a pretty competitive Giro, and I had pretty good regularity. There were busier days than others, but in general the desire to win was 100%”, said the athlete, known as “Locomotive. of Carchi ”, a northern Andean province of Ecuador bordering Colombia.
Carapaz downplayed the fact that he was the Latin American cyclist who most times wore a pink jersey at the Giro d’Italia, “because the most important thing is not the number, but the way it was won.”
“In the end they are memories,” said Carapaz, 29, before emphasizing that the most emotional thing for him is to see him part of the elite of the cycling world since he started as a professional athlete.
“It’s something pretty big. At the world level there are four or five athletes, and I’m among them. My biggest pride is that I can be among the best,” he added.
For the cyclist, it is also important to be an example for young people and he urged men and women to “don’t stop pedaling”, because “you have to fight for your dreams, don’t give up”, because “just like on a bicycle, when you stop pedaling, you will fall. “
For his part, as sponsor of Carapaz, Banco Pichincha president Antonio Acosta, affirmed that the Ecuadorian “is an example of perseverance, effort, perseverance, struggle, dedication and discipline” and “the only way to be the greatest and it is better if we cultivate those virtues. “
Source: La Verdad
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