Richard Carapaz reveals spring calendar and build-up towards Tour de France
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Richard Carapaz has started his season with EF Education-EasyPost on the right foot, but his racing debut in Europe is only to happen in mid-March. As he builds towards the Tour de France, an initial plan has been revealed.
The Ecuadorian won the road race national championships back home in February and will be debuting his jersey at Milano-Torino. The new star of the American team is having a late start but a packed spring, with the Volta a Catalunya and Itzulia Basque Country being big goals and races where he may race for the win, before the spring classics where he is also within a shot.
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Having proven his talent in the past, the Olympic champion will be an outsider for both Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Fléche Wallone appears to have been clocked off his calendar according to Primicias. His main goal in the summer then will be the Tour de France.
It is unknown if he is to go there with the goal of fighting for the overall classification or if the ambitions will be more modest and fall under stage wins, but the mountainous route will suit the 29-year old very well. He will race the Critérium du Dauphiné in anticipation to the Grand Boucle.
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- Some things sound crazy until they aren't, what if he's actually right? 🤷vappaxbipmv23-12-2024
- Why make a comment to state the obvious? Of course MvdP is much better at CX than Pogacar, does anyone doubt that But that wasn't his pointvappaxbipmv23-12-2024
- If you look at road alone obvi Pogacar is the better rider. But maybe MVDP is the better overall rider since he can win in three plus disciplines?mobk23-12-2024
- Correction on 2021 Olympics. It was mainly the Dutch ladies who didn’t know who was leading the race. Other teams like the Germans and Italians knew that Kiesenhofer was out front.mobk23-12-2024
- A champion turning into a sore loser. Or is he on coke again?
UltimateOpportunist23-12-2024 - If you look at the major races they’ve both been in, van der Poel had the early edge as lately Pogacar has had the advantage. It’s all on procyclingstats.RidesHills23-12-2024
- I wouldn’t assume Tadej can’t win at cross. He did a cross race, not a World Cup, a few years ago and crushed the field. It was a minor race. But he can win anywhere.mij23-12-2024
- I wonder what would happen if Pogacar attacked on the Cipressa instead of the Poggio in San Remo? Would MvdPoel still be able to follow?Ride197423-12-2024