Richard Carapaz

Richard Carapaz
Carapaz at the 2022 Strade Bianche
Personal information
Full nameRichard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro
NicknameLa Locomotora (The Locomotive)
El Jaguar de Tulcan
Billy[1]
Born (1993-05-29) 29 May 1993 (age 31)
Tulcán Canton, Ecuador
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)[3]
Team information
Current teamEF Education–EasyPost
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Amateur teams
2011Panavial–Coraje Carchense
2013RPM Ecuador
2014Panavial–GAD Carchi
2015Strongman–Campagnolo
2016Lizarte
Professional teams
2016Strongman–Campagnolo–Wilier
2016Movistar Team (stagiaire)
2017–2019Movistar Team[4]
2020–2022Team Ineos[5][6]
2023–EF Education–EasyPost
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Mountains classification (2024)
1 individual stage (2024)
Combativity award (2024)
Giro d'Italia
General classification (2019)
3 individual stages (2018, 2019)
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2022)
3 individual stages (2022)

Stage races

Tour de Suisse (2021)

One-day races and Classics

Olympic Games Road Race (2020)
National Road Race Championships (2023)
National Time Trial Championships (2022, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Ecuador
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Men's road race
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Time trial
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carapaz and the second or maternal family name is Montenegro.

Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[7][8] Carapaz won the 2019 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Ecuadorian rider to win the race.[9] In July 2021, he won the gold medal in the road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Ecuadorian cyclist to win a medal and only the second Ecuadorian in any sport to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. In doing so, he became the first cyclist to achieve an Olympic road race gold medal and a podium finish in each of the three Grand Tours.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Shaw, Rob (22 June 2021). "Richie Porte backs INEOS Grenadiers' Tour de France tactics". The Examiner. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Richard Carapaz – Team INEOS Grenadiers". Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Richard Carapaz". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "EF Education–EasyPost". UCI. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "OurTeam". EF Education–EasyPost. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Giro d'Italia: Richard Carapaz becomes the first Ecuadorian and to win the Giro d'Italia". BBC Sport. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.