Jonathan Caicedo will continue two more seasons at the UCI WorldTour | Other Sports | sports

Jonathan Caicedo extended his link with the EF Education-Nippo team until the 2023, seasons in which it will continue to be part of the WorldTour, a category in which it debuted in 2019.

With an irregular second semester due to injuries suffered in the Giro d’Italia, the Venado focused on the extension of his contract with the US squad, with which finally extended their bond until 2023.

“I am two years older with them (EF), let’s hope it will be an important season with the team, we want to enjoy and continue taking advantage of the work“, Commented the Venado.

About your calendar, Caicedo announced that he awaits the definition of the American squad. “Still we don’t have that available, but we’ll get to know it soon. We have to wait, calmly, “he said.

“We leave all this at the disposal of the team, we will see how the year is programmed and how we organize ourselves, the ideal is to go with a good mentality to do things well, go little by little, “said the Carchense, winner of a stage of the Giro in 2020, on the climb to Etna.

Guest on Tour of Ecuador

The carchense cyclist was as a guest in the Vuelta al Ecuador, for the game of the sixth stage that ran between Ibarra and Tulcán; On the previous day he was at the Cajas mountain prize, from where he encouraged the peloton, despite the rain.

For Caicedo, the level of the test “has been good, with a tough fight and protagonism of young elements ”.

Too highlighted “the show” of the queen stage, won on Monday by Steven Haro (Team Pichincha), “that helps the race gain in prestige, because the Vuelta al Ecuador should be sought to be recognized internationally”, He commented.

Caicedo He has participated in two tours of the country, “but unfortunately I have not been able to finish them”, He said Venado, who retired in Ibarra in 2018, after suffering a spectacular fall that left him with a fractured clavicle.

Now, who follows in his footsteps is David, brother of Cubanito, a member of the Eagles Bike, whom he was supporting on the edge of the road.

“He has a good development, a good level. It has been seen that much progress has been made, but he is on this lap to learn, to see how the body responds, I see that he is a cyclist with a future ”, he pointed out.

The Carchense detailed that he advises his 20-year-old brother, who closed the sixth stage is located in seventh place in the general classification of the national round.

“It is about explaining that you have to work, be very concentrated, but also handle the pressure that may be on him, as well as enjoy the competition, “he said.

“In this you suffer a lot, but you also enjoy yourself, that’s how cycling isOtherwise, this activity would not be the same ”, commented the Deer.

How you live your experience in the Vuelta al Ecuador from outside the platoon, Caicedo expressed that “Seeing it is elegant. Let’s go cheer on the boys but also to see what is coming in the future in national cycling ”, he concluded. (D)