There was a lot of talk about
Jhonatan Narváez before the
Olympic Games, especially because of the internal conflict between his compatriot and defending Olympic champion Richard Carapaz and the national federation, who picked the new acquisition of UAE Team Emirates over Carapaz after a rather poor communication of the nomination criteria.
This brought even more eyes on Narváez and the way he'd fare in Olympic race, however there's not much to talk about as he suffered a mechanical problem at the worst possible time. "I was where I had to be, at all times. I did my best to stay hydrated and eat, but the moment we entered the circuit my bike broke down and I had to wait for car 21... out of 30," he said in a
press communication of Ecuador's Olympic committee.
