On July 1, the legendary Tour de France will take place, where Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz will go in search of winning the title of that competition with EF Education EasyPost.

However, specialized cycling sites believe that the Olympic medalist is not at his best level.

“Richard Carapaz leaves worrying data for the Tour de France 2023, which could be considered a total setback for EF Education EasyPost, although there is time to change the destination, but it is also true that it is very difficult for Carchi”, according to a portal Bilješka Colombian cycling.

“The man from Carchi is not having a good time. Since he arrived at the EF, there have been problems, problems with his physical condition that seemed to have recovered at the Mercan Tour that he won a few days ago, have remained, or at least that’s how it seems,” he added.

It was also shown that the Ecuadorian is far from the level he showed when he was a member of the Movistar Team.

“It is clear that Carapaz has not yet shown himself to be the driver who came from Ineos Grenadiers, with strength, power, aiming for podiums and overall placings, he is even further than the Movistar Team version where he won the big one,” he specified.

“A few days before the start of the Tour de France, Richard had an important, important test, he faced Jonas Vingegaard after winning the race, it was ideal to measure up. But it was not what was expected. The image that Carapaz leaves after the Criterium is not worrisome,” the portal adds.

For this reason, the site wonders if the tricolor will have progress and leave doubt that it can reach the podium at the French test.

“In other words, today the Olympic winner does not give the feeling that he is among the best in the Tour de France, something that does not go well with the EF, which gave him an important commitment. Will the Ecuadorian manage to recover?”, he concluded. (D)