Richard Carapaz

Richard Carapaz
	Carapaz at the 2022 Strade Bianche
Personal information
Full name	Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro
Nickname	La Locomotora (The Locomotive); El Jaguar de Tulcan; Billy
Born	29 May 1993 (age 31); Tulcán Canton, Ecuador
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Team information
Current team	EF Education–EasyPost
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Amateur teams
2011	Panavial–Coraje Carchense
2013	RPM Ecuador
2014	Panavial–GAD Carchi
2015	Strongman–Campagnolo
2016	Lizarte
Professional teams
2016	Strongman–Campagnolo–Wilier
2016	Movistar Team (stagiaire)
2017–2019	Movistar Team
2020–2022	Team Ineos
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
Pan American Games

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]}

^ Shaw, Rob (22 June 2021). "Richie Porte backs INEOS Grenadiers' Tour de France tactics". The Examiner. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ "Richard Carapaz – Team INEOS Grenadiers". Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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^ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "EF Education–EasyPost". UCI. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ "OurTeam". EF Education–EasyPost. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ "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.