He Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz, from the US team EF Education-Easy Post, announced this Friday that this year 2025 he plans to run the Giro d’Italiawho already won in 2019, and the Tour de Francewhere the goal is to win the stages.
In a press conference, Carapaz announced that he will not participate in the national championshipsbecause he regretted the The Ecuadorian Cycling Federation (FEC) announced the routes a few days agoas he previously defined the first part of his season.
In the first half of the year, ‘the Carchi Locomotive’ will participate in various races in Europe such as in Catalunya (Spain) and Liege (Belgium) before heading to the Giro and the Tour.
“The Tour will be a little bit different (compared to 2024). We will be more relaxed looking for stages,” Carapaz said.
The cyclist also claimed that The FEC changed the scoring method to select its representatives for the Road Cycling World Championship and for the Olympic Games, an event that prevented him from going to Paris 2024 at the expense of his teammate Jhonatan Narváez.
“Now you have enough time to rethink (the scoring system) and take a serious team (to the World Cup). We have almost a complete team of five or six riders. All we ask is to plan you and be serious, because the truth is, this Federation leaves a lot to be desired”, he pointed out.
Source: La Verdad
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