The king of the 2019 Giro and 2021 Olympian returned to Ecuador to be close to his family: “The surgery went well, but I couldn’t train as I should have. We are human and there are priorities”
No Zurich World Championships for Richard Carapaz, the winner of the 2019 Giro d’Italia and 2021 Olympic champion in Japan (road race). “I was forced to return to Ecuador – explained the Ecuadorian, 31 years old – because I accompanied my daughter who underwent emergency surgery, which fortunately went well. But she still needs attention and I have not been able to train in the last few days as I should have, so I decided to give up the Zurich World Championships”. The road race of the world championship – back in Switzerland after 15 years – on Sunday will focus on the highly anticipated duel between Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, who yesterday won the time trial ahead of the Italians Ganna and Affini. “Representing Ecuador is one of the greatest responsibilities I have as an athlete, but we are all human and the health of my family is the priority”, concluded Carapaz, fourth in the last Vuelta.
2024-09-23 21:51:56
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