Richard Carapaz It is the most notable casualty of the 110th edition so far Tour of France among the leading contenders for the title. Ecuadorian cyclist crashed in the first stage and dropped out of the race with a broken knee cap left leg.

The first assessment of your the recovery process is about six weeks; however, everything will depend on the new assessments medically and especially the response of carchense’s body to be able to determine the time in which he will be able to compete again.

Richard Carapaz will have up to six weeks to recover from his injury at the 2023 Tour de France.

Without being able to fight the Tour, The Tour of Spain would be the new goal of the national champion and what the recovery process would indicate for the EF Education-EasyPost team leader, s August 26 as the departure date the Spanish Tour, a race against time for Carapaz and the experts who have been working on his recovery since his fall.

Carapaz returned to the country and was appreciated Jose Reinhart. Since it’s a bone injury, “we’re talking about a minimum of four to six weeks for recovery, but each person reacts differently,” the doctor said.

In the following days, the cyclist will undergo a new control examination. “If we see that the fracture is consolidated, we could advance the process to start training”Reinhart explained in a dialogue with machsports.

The cyclist will follow a “active rest to prevent muscle atrophy and loss of strength and endurance”then, if the development is optimal, the first movements will be on the roller in a few weeks.

“To get him back, we may have to do a direct treatment with focused cryotherapy, This allows us to reach temperatures of minus 15 or 20 degrees, which can speed up the process. We will use what is in our hands so that he recovers quickly and wellReinhart said.

From the crew and medical staff there is optimism that Carapaz will make it to La Vuelta and although recovery planning is hectic, “we have to wait for the athlete’s organic response,” the doctor said, and “as experts we have to risk everything so that Richard can return to training and competition in the shortest possible time.”

Along with an athlete’s injury, there is also an emotional blowas emphasized by the sports director of EF, Juanma Gárate, of Losing the Tour is another setback in a season that started out complicated after tonsil surgery, from which he had a hard time recovering and kept to the training schedule.

“Richard Carapaz is emotionally affected, but he is already talking about new goals,” says the EF team

“Richard is emotionally affected, he made a great preparation journey that lasted eight months for the Tour, that’s why It’s hard for him and the whole team because the dream stopped in moments“, indicated the Spaniard. (D)