Giro d'Italia 2025, Carapaz: "I would like to win again"

Rome, 4 February 2025 - Despite the declared absence of many big names, the parterre of the Giro d'Italia 2025 It looks interesting anyway: especially when the start of Durres there will be a Richard Carapaz who dreams of a repeat after the victory already achieved in 2019.  

Carapaz's statements

The podium almost reached last time Return has helped to boost the Ecuadorian's stock, which he told the newspaper First fruits He did not hide his ambitions for the near future. "I have high expectations for this year. A lot will depend on whether everything goes smoothly or not, but I feel very motivated to have new chances to win. The winter went well. I was often at high altitude Tulcan and I feel like I'm at the top". Then we come to the biggest dream. "I would like to win the Giro d'Italia. The last one Return He showed me that I can still aim for the general classification and this year we chose the Corsa pink thanks to its route, which will be very tough in the last week". In reality, looking at the route itself, never like this year have so many pitfalls emerged starting from the very first stages, those of the unprecedented Great Partenza in Albania. "Nowadays you have to be at the top right away. And if we are good in the third week, everything will seem easier. The level of competitiveness has risen and arriving well prepared gives you ample guarantees of victory".

In short, for carapaz il Giro d'Italia It is a challenge against his opponents but, in a certain sense, also against himself to be able to say that he is still the climber who had impressed everyone starting from the feat of Montevergine since 2018. "What motivates me the most is knowing that I have achieved great results at Giro d'Italia and to be able to win again. I don't have a very long list of successes, but the ones I have achieved are of quality and this is very motivating. Since I started running, I have competed in many races World Tour and I have won several of them at least once. This shows me - continues the runner of theEF Education EasyPost - that I have quality and now also the experience dictated by the many races I have played and by my palmares". Self-esteem is not lacking in carapaz, who then goes on to talk about his own nation in cycling: happy notes, but not only, especially if you think about the internal controversy before the Olympics 2024 for the convocation of Jonathan Narvaez in place, precisely, of the reigning champion. "We do not have a great cycling culture. There were short eras before this one, with 5 runners since World Tour, which has revived the movement. Many people want to ride a bike and we hope that sooner or later more will come out carapaz. Unfortunately there is not a great generational turnover: this is true for theEcuador, but also for other countries of theLatin america such as Colombia, which in turn is addressing these problems starting from the youth categories. Not to mention the lack of schools, clubs and races in these latitudes".