At the closing a discrete season in the WorldTourEcuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz already Plan what your calendar will be like for 2024in which there is an ace the first finish of the Tour de France, looking for revenge after withdrawing from the Grande Boucle this year due to a heavy crash in the first stage.

Carapace completes bootcamp in Spain along with EF Education-EasyPost salary, in which he arrived as a star in 2023, without so far being able to fully restore that trust; He only had triumphs in dribs and dribs.

As for his expectations for 2024, Carapaz assured the portal GCN that “The Tour de France is a big goal for next year”.

“This season the race was not good for me, but I want to try again in 2024, fight for the overall ranking. This year has been different for me since autumn and I am starting from scratch. I will forget the past; but, If I have good legs, I can try to win a good position in the general classification“, said the Olympic winner.

Carchens arrived this 2023 at EFbut his the preparation has been changed since January when he faces a long recovery from tonsil surgery, which changed the competition calendara total of thirteen races during the year, including withdrawals due to respiratory problems and a spectacular crash at the Tour de France premiere, without being able to show his potential on the American team.

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Victory in the Mercan’Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes ia second place at Giro della Toscana and Tre Valli Varesine These were his best EF results, apart from the Ecuador road title and the silver medal in the time trial at the Pan American Games.

“I feel comfortable here and there are opportunities for me,” Carapaz said. related to his stay in EF, with which he is aiming for France, although without defining the squad that will cheer him on. “I don’t know which team we will take to the Tour de France, but for me it will be the best team of the race”said the tricolor cyclist.

“We will have many runners in good condition. Neilson Powless is really good; Andrey Amador is a really good runner. Then there’s Jonas Rutsch from Classic and Stefan Bissegger. “We have good riders and some of the best in the peloton,” said the Carchez man.

The camp in Spain marks the return of Carapaza to training after the Pan American Games, with a break of four weeks.

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“I felt good, I have a new training plan for next yearbut right now I’m training every day, one at a time,” Carapaz said.

His first appearance in the 2024 season will be in the National Championship which will develop between February 1 and 4 in Riobamba, where Carapaz will defend the tricolor jersey on the route. Then that manage the Tour Colombia run optionwhich starts on February 6.

“Not 100% confirmed but “I’ll probably go to Colombia,” concluded the man from Carchez.which according to the calendar plan could appear at the Ardennes Classics between April 14 and 21 between Belgium and the Netherlands. (D)