The Ecuadorian joined the British team in 2020 and his contract is for three seasons. Spanish will continue for two more years.
The Spanish cyclist Jonathan Castroviejo (34 years old), five times national time trial champion, has renewed two more years with Ineos, team that has closed its squad for 2022 with 31 riders, among these the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.
The Basque rider, who this season competed in two majors, the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, with 23rd place in both races, will continue in the British squad until 2023.
“I am very happy to stay two more years in this great team, here I feel at home and I consider it the best place for me, it really fits with my mentality. I have many friends and I enjoy being part of this great environment. I like the way we work together and I hope to continue helping my teammates to achieve great victories and grow our track record even more in the coming seasons, ”said Castroviejo.
The team led by Dave Brailsford has been made up of 31 runners with the recent renovations of Castroviejo, Salvatore Puccio, Brandon Rivera, Ben Swift, Cameron Wurf. Among the incorporations is that of the Spanish Omar Fraile.
Carapaz, who joined Ineos for the 2020 season, came to the British squad on a three-year contract, until 2022.
With his current team, the winner of the Giro in 2019 (in Movistar ranks) achieved second place in the 2020 Vuelta a España and third in the 2021 Tour. This year, he also won the gold medal of the event. route of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. No other rider in history achieved the Olympic gold medal and stood on the podium of the three great cycling races.
According to the specialized web portal Brujula Bike, in data that were published in November, Next year, the Locomotora del Carchi will have the fourth best payment within the Ineos, receiving 2.2 million euros ($ 2,478,044). And, in turn, he will be the second highest paid in Latin America behind the Colombian Egan Bernal, his partner in the British squad, and the eighth best in the world, sharing position and salary with the Spanish Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and the Belgian Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). (D)
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