The Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020 has been selected as the Ineos leader for this year’s Giro.
Richard Carapaz, Ineos Grenadiers rider, has been selected as the leader of the British squad for the 2022 Giro d’Italia, informed the Carchense through his Instagram account. Three years later, he will face the race that he conquered in the 2019 edition and that marked his definitive leap to stardom as a cyclist.
“Thank you for the confidence that @ineosgrenadiers has given me to be your leader in the Giro d’Italia. We will do our best in 2022 ″, Carapaz wrote in a post about the close of 2021.
As published by the Spanish newspaper Mark, the Ineos sports director, Matteo Tosatto, hinted that the Ecuadorian climber will be the team leader. He would be accompanied by the 2020 champion, Tao Geoghegan Hart, and one of the best cyclists in the world, the versatile and talented Tom Pidcock. In addition, it is possible to see sprinter Elia Viviani at the start of the race.
“I think our leader will be Carapaz,” said Tosatto, in statements collected by the Cyclism’Actu portal.
And he added: “It’s no mystery, I think our leader will be Carapaz and with him will also be Pidcock. Tom went to the Vuelta last year and now he wants to try the Giro. He likes Italian racing. We will be a great team to win the Giro. In addition to these two drivers, there will also be Tao Geoghegan Hart, who won the Giro d’Italia in 2020. At the training camp in January, we will also fine-tune the programs. “
Apparently the responsibility of the Tour de France will fall on the Colombian Egan Bernal and the recently renewed Geraint Thomas. Carapaz, who was on the podium in Paris alongside Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard last year, has not yet been announced for that competition.
“The Olympic champion en route at the Tokyo 2020 Games is a full guarantee. His triumphs in the Giro, his climbing ability and his attitude in the race have always squared with the type of race that is the Italian round by type of stages, ambushes and needs of the teams. In front of the Ecuadorian it is certain that Miguel Ángel López will appear, for example, who has also focused his objective on the Giro and who will seek to vindicate himself after his departure from Movistar, “he says. Mark. (D)
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