EF Education-EasyPost announced its team for Milan-Turin, An Italian classic of a day that will mark The European debut of the Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz with the Americans, with whom he signed for three seasons.

It will be Carchense’s first WorldTour test with his new jersey, which the national tricolor will have after consecration national champion routes in February, a jersey that will also have their emblems Olympic champion.

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He Carapaz’s European debut had to be postponed for tonsil surgery in December, which changed his preparation schedule for the Tour de France, which will be his big goal this year.

“Richard Carapaz makes his pink debut in European races tomorrow (Wednesday). The Ecuadorian road champion will join his team in Italy for Milan-Torino,” the formation announced American, who will have Locomotive with number 42.

For this Italian classic, EF will have with Carapaza in Dutch Marijn van den BergSouth African Stefan deBodBritish James ShawBelgian Jens KeukeleirePolish Lukasz Wisniowski and Italian Alberto Bettiolwho did not compete in the Tirreno Adriatico race due to a crash at Strade Bianche, giving up his place last week to Ecuador’s Jonathan Caicedo.

Milan-Turin is a one-day event which in its last editions has evolved in its appearance to present day presentation friendly to sprinters“that’s the beauty of the race, that every year it reinvents itself and changes its appearance”, the organization pointed out race, in which the defending champion is British Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan).

This one issue is 104 competitions and represents a 192 kilometers of travel between Rho and Orbassan, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy.

It will be this year 17 teams starting the test, of which 10 are WorldTour categories. Race starts at 05:30 from Ecuador and may be accompanied by a signal Directv (612 and 1612) from 08:35.

While for sprinters Milan-Torino is taken as a preparation for Milan-Sanremo (Saturday), for the Ecuadorian, it will be the completion of the adaptation to the EF before what will be the Volta a Catalunya, stage starting Monday in Barcelona, ​​Spain. (D)