Saturday, July 1, was the beginning of the journey into a new illusion for the Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz, who began the journey to conquer the legendary Tour de France.
However, the Olympic medalist saw his dream cut short by an incident that ultimately ruled him out of the competition.
The EF Education-EasyPost team runner fell with 23 kilometers to go in Bilbao. Carapaz collided with the Spaniard Enrico Mas (Movistar), both fell and left the race due to injuries, the Ecuadorian with a fractured left kneecap, while the Iberian has a fractured right scapula.
Later, pictures of Carapazo in pain and his pain-restricted movements went around the world and caused grief throughout Ecuador, which was hoping for a new feat Locomotive Carchi.
“It is a heavy blow for the third in the 2021 edition, who has already warned that he did not prepare well for this Tour, but that he arrived with the desire to get in the right shape as the stages go by,” writes the sports daily. Brand From Spain.
“The clock stopped at the first changes, with the new asphalt, a bit slippery and the rear wheel that slipped, along with other drivers, like the Spaniard Enrico Mas, who didn’t even manage to finish the stage. It is the epilogue of the performance of the cyclist who himself placed himself a step below the two big favorites of the general classification, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic”, he added.
Enric Mas ile bebarar kazaya kaçan Richard Carapaz’ın dizine teştım atılmış kızın.
2. Stage başlayıp başlamayağı ınışırılığın koruyor #TDF2023 #TDF2023tr
— Velo Bülteni (@velobulteni) July 1, 2023
In a note titled “It hurts just to see: this is how retired Richard Carapaz limped after a crash in the first stage”, it is noted that the Ecuadorian is one of the contenders for the podium.
“He appeared as a serious candidate for the podium, despite the bad performance he had in the last Dauphiné, because of the ‘cache’ that the Ecuadorian has in the peloton,” he specified.
“The rest of the season is unknown for the Ecuadorian, who is unlucky in his first season at EF, where he arrived from Ineos. The winner of the 2019 Giro and the Tokyo Games failed to add the prestigious triumphs in 2023, when he had just turned 30. The Vuelta a España could be his next goal if he recovers from his injury,” the newspaper concluded. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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