The Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz completes a great Tour de Francein his stage victory on the 17th day, that of Carmel This Saturday he won the mountain jersey, after finishing in first place on the third mountainous difficulty on day 20 of Large Bouclehe Col de la Colmiane (1st).
Carapace, Olympic champion in Tokyo and that he could not defend his gold in Olympic Games in Paris this year, it is very clear to him that this Saturday he can seal his victory in the mountain classification of the Tour and therefore he will be part of the holiday this day.
He couldn’t get past the first one Braus cabbage (2nd) first mountainous difficulty of the day, but the batteries have been put in Turini cabbage (1st) when passing first. At this point in the stage he was two points from the mountain finish in the Tour, which he would have achieved by passing first place in Col de la Colmiane (1st).
This is the second mountain jersey won by Carapaz in a three-week cycling grand tour, after The Vuelta 2022where he won three stages.
This is Carapaz’s fourth presence at the Tour de France, he was 3rd in 2021 and four years ago he was close to being the best in the mountains, but Tadej Pogacar will seize it on the last day of the legendary time trial The Planche des Belles Filles.
Source: La Verdad
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