“The coming of this great athlete represents a huge megaphone,” said Leonora Jiménez, co-founder of the race.
The Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz, Olympic road champion, will be at the Gran Fondo Andrey Amador in February 2022, an event in Costa Rica whose organization is promoted by the Tico rider who baptizes him and who is a teammate of the Carchi Locomotive at Ineos Grenadiers.
“The visit to Costa Rica of the most relevant Latin American cyclist of the moment and the winner of the Olympic gold in Tokyo (in July 2021) represents an enormous visibility opportunity for the country, to continue projecting Costa Rica as a country of diversity, but also a key point to come and play sports. The coming of this great athlete represents a huge megaphone for Costa Rica in the face of the world and we intend to make the most of it to continue positioning the country’s values ”, said Leonora Jiménez, co-founder of the Gran Fondo and quoted in international media.
Carapaz, who closed the season with the Tour of Spain (did not finish stage 14), has shown during races the good treatment he has with the Costa Rican Amador, with whom he was also a partner in the Movistar Team (2017-2019).
The 35-year-old Attic has acted as a gregarious of the tricolor in Ineos. On the event that bears his name, he said, in statements that the web newspaper rescues Delfino: “What excites us most about Andrey Amador’s Gran Fondo is sharing with all the people of Costa Rica on a road that we have always dreamed of, Ruta 27. This represents a dream for me, to return to my country, to pedal with my people. and do it with a purpose of impact ”.
The first edition of the Gran Fondo, on February 13, will not be the initial appearance of the Carchense next year. Before, from January 30 to February 6, Carapaz will appear in the Vuelta a San Juan (Argentina), as part of the British squad.
The locomotive won the gold medal in the road cycling event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 24. Shortly before, on the 18th, he got on the podium (3rd) of the Tour de France, rounding off the achievements in the 2019 Giro d’Italia (1st) and the 2020 Vuelta a España (2nd).
Carapaz is the only rider in history to win the gold medal at JJ. OO. and get on the podium in the three great races of cycling. (D)
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