Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz shows a favorable development of his left knee injury which left him out of the Tour de France. national champion perform work on rollers and five weeks after the start Vuelta a España, he aims to be on the starting line on August 26 in Barcelona.

Directed work Carapaz managed to get back on the bikealthough he currently moves exclusively on a roller.

This is how Richard Carapazo’s recovery is progressing after the accident at the Tour de France

“We worked a lot on stimuli to remove pain. no more distractionsI can do a full push-up and I started pedaling,” Carapaz told the portal First fruitswhere he specified that his work on the bike these first days does not exceed 30 minutes.

Back to training Carapaz shows optimism so that will be his return to competition. “We have the possibility of going to the Vuelta a España. I have five weeks and that’s the goal. It helps me morally that I want to continue my recovery to get to the Vuelta. That’s a great motivation. For my part, I will try to come as well as possible, and then the team will decide whether I will go or not. and if an alternative calendar is proposed”, he pointed out.

Stall caused loss of muscle mass on the left leg. “But you have to work on getting stronger and, above all, try to recover in order to come back well and avoid problems in the future,” said the man from Carchón.

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Carapaz assures: “No more serious pain. I have inflammation, but that’s normal. I can be on the bike and continue training,” he pointed out.

The Olympic champion commented on it The “best” thing was to return to the country to recover; and, although the “terms have been extended”, everything is in the plan before a EF Education-EasyPost team’s “requirement” to have it in full before returning to competitions.

“The approach of the doctors and technicians was 100% recovery because less than that is of no use to the team.. Going to 80% and having another injury in a few months is not good for anyone,” he said.

That’s why the deadlines were extended, the tricolor revealed, “because after ten days he could be on the bike, but what what was required was to be good in order to plan what is to come“. (D)