A strong day for Andrea Piccolo in the break 💪 he finished in second place - earning the points jersey at the Tour Colombia! We'll see you at Stage 3 tomorrow 🇨🇴
“I can ride with freedom here" - Richard Carapaz on his 'free role' at Tour Colombia
CyclingThursday, 08 February 2024 at 13:30
Finishing 17th on the second stage of Tour Colombia in Santa Rosa de Viterbo, EF Education-EasyPost's Richard Carapaz is now 34 seconds down in the general classification.
“We wanted Andrea Piccolo to get to the line and fight for the win, but we also didn’t want to give up too much time,” Carapaz explained post-stage in quotes collected by Cycling News. “In the end, it was part of the strategy of the team. We knew that Rigoberto Uran and Esteban Chaves were in a good moment too, so we just wanted to cut the gap a bit to stay in contention for the general classification. We were happy with the situation for most of the day, because we had Piccolo out in front and that meant we could stay a bit more calm, but it was still important to maintain our options for the days ahead.”
On paper, EF Education-EasyPost have probably the strongest outfit at the race and stage 3 could be a pivotal day for riders such as Carapaz that hold general classification ambitions.
“The Alto del Vino will be decisive but there’s a lot of altitude gain across the day tomorrow, so I think it will be pretty demanding too," he assesses. “I don’t have any pressure for this race. I can ride with freedom here, it’s sort of a ‘free’ race for me in a way. I’m here for my teammates and I was glad to keep them in front for the days ahead.”
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- Yeah I thought also he will race the Tour as well if Tim Wellens not feeling good.
James2631822-11-2024 - is it normal in Denmark not to have a name for the baby after 2 month of his birth? how is the baby officially registered in the municipality/commune? is it not immediate?
maria2024202422-11-2024 - Convicted of? Didn't need to be convicted. He confessed. But he was guilty of fraud, racketeering, bribery, drug smuggling, threating witnesses, and extortion.Sweep22-11-2024
- And Lance is regularly at his side. I want to puke each time I see them together.dabman21-11-2024
- WADA had no issues with looking the other way when Lance tested positive. Sorry WADA but you lack credibility.dabman21-11-2024
- Disappointing that his agent could get him €40m/yr.Front24221-11-2024
- Its actually simple, He had just signed a contract earlier in the year. but He wanted more money and possibly support. So he leftabstractengineer21-11-2024
- He just missed Peter Sagan 🙄James2631821-11-2024
- The route looks kinda like a rat, or some other of that sort. To me, if you flip it a bit. Or maybe its the time, ocd.Stitz21-11-2024
- Total Energies necessarily mean a lot just all they got. Insert Scotty's voice here.Sweep21-11-2024