Richard Carapaz finished fourth in La Vuelta a España 2024

Stage 21 of La was completed Tour of Spain 2024 and Richard Carapaz finished in fourth positionbeing the best Latin American in the competition.

22nd place in the stage, with a time of 28 minutes and 1 second. The cyclist confirmed his fourth place in the general table and he was close to entering the podium, being surpassed by Enric Más (third).

He great winner of La Vuelta was Primoz Roglicthe Slovenian won his four-time championship, remembering that he also won in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

The word of Richard Carapaz after the Vuelta a España

La Locomotora del Carchi spoke to the media about what the support of the Ecuadorian fan represents: “I am very happy that so many Ecuadorians feel identified with a flag, it makes it very special, despite everything the country is experiencing, seeing this joy is unique and fulfilling more than any other triumph”.

The tricolor stated that he is still in competition to win important things: “It was not my conditions, but I tried to do my best, I knew I was against time. I did well, these are things I must continue working on. We know that I am one of the best and we continue in the game“.

“In the end, finding myself here again is special, especially finishing this way is very fulfilling for me. I know I have a few years ahead of me and I want to make the most of them,” added the Carchense.

Ending with his satisfaction for the dedication he gave despite the difficulties: “In the end happy with what I have been doing in this Vuelta, we started from Portugal with an ambition and closing here in Madrid as we expected. We have always been thinking about victory; but we encountered many adversities, without 2 teammates and an incomplete team. Well, we became more and more happy.”