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Jorge Montenegro: Winning and getting on the podium with Richard Carapaz would be an honor |  Other Sports |  sports

Jorge Montenegro: Winning and getting on the podium with Richard Carapaz would be an honor | Other Sports | sports

the carchense Jorge Montenegro is the defending champion of the title in the individual time trial mode (CRI) for the National Cycling Championship that takes place this Friday in Quito, with the Olympic champion Richard Carapaz as his main opponenta duel “between friends”, from which the winner of the Tour of Ecuador 2019 hopes to come out on top.

There is a lot of motivation, for everything that is around the race, including the presence of Richardalso because our team is new and we need to start with a victory”, said Montenegro, leader of the continental team Banco Guayaquil-Ecuador, squad mentalized by Carapaz.

for the carchense the decision was not surprising the locomotive to enter the CRI, “We shared training and when he went to Europe there was talk that he would return to run the nationals, it was possible and it is good for cycling and hobby”, he commented.

In a fight against the leader of the Ineos Grenadiers, Montenegro sees the advantage of knowing the circuit in the Middle of the World, used in the last two editions of the Tour of Ecuador. For this test you will have a extension of 9.55 kilometers, that they must go through three laps to complete 28.65 kilometers.

“I know the track, we have ridden it and that is an advantage that we must try to make the most of. Richard is a great runner, that’s why getting on the podium with him will be an honor and even more so if you can beat himLet’s hope things turn out in our favour,” he said.

Completed the Tour of Ecuador in December, Montenegrin began his preparation for the cycling nationals, for the time trials and the route online, in which it also appears among the strong names on the list.

“There will be time to recover until Sunday, We will arrive with a strong team, with important runners like Steven Haro and Benjamín Quintero that can also be in the fight, it is better to play with three cards in favor for the team”, he pointed out.

Contrary to the plot of the IRC, Montenegro claims to have “total ignorance” of the circuit for the online test, which will take place on Sunday, February 20, in the commercial center of the Ecuadorian capital.

I don’t know Quito very well, I don’t know what it will be like, but I have been told that there is a demanding slope (Ascent through José Correa street to the finish line). Are 162 kilometers and the test will be hard for everyone, demanding”, indicated the carchense.

For Sunday’s race, Montenegro will be together with Carapaz, Jonathan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost), the defending champion Alexander Cepeda (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli) and other runners from the national cycling elite with whom share workoutsa group of friends who will be fighting for the tricolor jersey.

“Cycling has these things, outside we are very good friends, we share a lot on the road, but in the race there is rivalry and it is very hard, we know each other and we will know how to take advantage of the least possible. It fills me with great pride to run with them, but also there is desire and desire to win that shirtMontenegro noted. (D)

Source: Eluniverso

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