Richard Carapaz began his career with amateur teams in Ecuador, Colombia and Spain.
22 Facts About Richard Carapaz
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Richard Carapaz signed as a professional rider ahead of the 2017 season.
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Richard Carapaz made his Grand Tour debut in the Vuelta a Espana, finishing 36th overall.
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Richard Carapaz won stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Ecuadorian cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage.
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Richard Carapaz finished in the top ten in five other stages of that race, and finished fourth in the general classification.
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Richard Carapaz completed the 2018 Vuelta a Espana in 18th place.
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Richard Carapaz again won the Vuelta a Asturias in 2019, and went on to win the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
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On Stage 13, Richard Carapaz attacked and got clear of the two favourites for overall victory, Vincenzo Nibali and Primoz Roglic.
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On stage 14, Richard Carapaz again attacked and won the stage by almost two minutes, taking the general classification lead.
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Richard Carapaz successfully defended his lead for the rest of the race to take the overall victory.
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Richard Carapaz became the first Ecuadorian rider to win a Grand Tour and the second South American rider to win the Giro, after Colombian Nairo Quintana in 2014.
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Richard Carapaz joined Team Ineos at the beginning of the 2020 season on a three-year deal.
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However, two days later, Pogacar retook the lead, and won the stage and moved into the overall race lead; Richard Carapaz ultimately finished second in the mountains classification.
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Richard Carapaz first took the red jersey of the race leader on stage 6 from Roglic.
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On stage 10, Richard Carapaz relinquished it back to Roglic, who won the day's stage, though the two were tied on time and had to be differentiated by tiebreakers.
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Richard Carapaz regained the race lead briefly after stage 12, but lost it for good to Roglic after the thirteenth stage.
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Richard Carapaz took his first victory of the 2021 season on 10 June, winning the mountainous fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse.
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Richard Carapaz was named to the Ineos Grenadiers's Tour de France squad as one of four possible contenders for the general classification alongside Tao Geoghegan Hart, Richie Porte, and Tour winner Geraint Thomas.
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Richard Carapaz won the Olympic road race, finishing over a minute clear of the rest of the field.
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Richard Carapaz initially followed an attack by Brandon McNulty with 25 kilometres to go, but with 5.8 kilometres left, he pulled away from McNulty and rode across the finish line solo.
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Richard Carapaz began the 2022 season at the Etoile de Besseges in early February, in which he crashed during stage 3 and abandoned prior to the last stage, having already lost over nine minutes to eventual winner Benjamin Thomas.
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However, Richard Carapaz took his first win of the season later that month at the Ecuadorian National Time Trial Championships, which was his first national title at the elite level.