Richard Carapaaz: “It was a key stage in the turn and had his legs to try”

Ecuadorian Richard Carapaaz was satisfied with the work done, in stage 16 of the Giro de Italiawhich allowed him to be very close to the leader, Isaac del Toro. The cyclist is now third in the generalat 31 ” of the Mexican.

“I think that It was a key stage in the turn And we knew it was very important especially for us. I knew that I had my legs, I had to try and I waited my moment just. I have done everything until the goal, ”he said after completing the route.

He also talked about the fall in which he was involved and for which he had to retire Primoz Roglic: “It has been a little silly fall. I was a little rainy and without more, they are cramps of the trade. We knew I did nothing and He had his legs to try again. We endured the first Ineos Arreón, in the second port it had had a little bad, but then I recovered and I tried until the end. ”

The Ecuadorian was aware of the intensity of the stage: “He had to wait, it was a stage of great fatigue and It has been a beautiful stage for usit is to remember. ”

He also commented on how the last years have been, in the face of the Italian test: “I have worked a lot and I have simply demonstrated that, everything that cost me to come back here. The last years I had not had health, nor the luck to be here. Today I had a fall and that has been the motivation.