Richard Carapaz is again the protagonist of a work audiovisual of Ineos Grenadierswhich collects the hours prior to the dispute of the national cycling championships in Quito, his victory in the individual time trial (CRI) and the online road race, in which the Locomotive reached second place.
With the contest between February 18 and 20, the arrival of the carchense to the country occurred on the afternoon of Thursday 17, after overcoming a COVID-19 infection in France.
“It is special to run in the country, because I feel a connection with the people”, commented Carapazin the production entitled “Racing at the center of the World”, uploaded this Friday on the YouTube channel of the British squad.
The Olympic champion makes a review of your preparation for the IRA, disputed in the city Mitad del Mundo, which crowned him as the new national monarch.
“There is a lot of stress in the time trial, you need to be very focused because it is different from running as a teambut that day was a mix between the pro and the not so pro, because we made a lot of mistakes”, he laughs.
With the title assured in the CRI, Carapaz’s goal was the tricolor jersey on the route, in which he assures he fought alone against the elite of national cycling. “I think that It was like 90 runners against Richie.” Indian.
“From lap 12 (17 lap circuit) I made the decision to take the reins of the race, nobody wanted to collaborate with me, but he knew where he had to attack,” said Carapaz, who did selective work to reduce the platoon, on a route that ran through the commercial center of Quito.
With the WorldTour cyclists in the race, the title held a favoritism between Carapaz and Jhonatan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost), who fought to the end.
for the last lap Jonathan attacked and I thought he was going to get there because it put out a good light. She was 15 seconds ahead, but helped the interests of the other teams that made the chase and that helped me too. In the end I launched my sprint as best I could because I had also worn myself out”, said Carapaz.
Caicedo was surprised in the final meters by Richard Huera (Team Banco Guayaquil-Ecuador), winner of the day, with Carapaz in second place. El Venado was third in the end. “But being second is also good”the Olympic champion resigned.
Richard Carapaz, ‘proud’ of the time trial title
The Locomotive He stressed “that people identify” with cycling. “That makes me happy because there is that passion that is growing in Ecuador, that for us it’s great because we know people enjoy it”, he pointed.
The Carchense also recognized that “People expected me to win”but that is a subject that leaves pending for the next season. “I owe them, it will be for the next one”, he added. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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