Richard Carapaz finished the Italian turn with a new podium on his list

Stage 21 was finished and thus the Italian 2025 turning culminatedwhere Richard Carapaaz got back into the podium of a very important contest at the cycling level.

Everything was practically defined yesterday, at this final stage, The winner was Olav Kooij and Carapaz was in 34th position. The reality is that I had no risk of losing third place in the general table.

The athlete returned to compete at height, demonstrating his good level, attitude, strength, ambition and courage to continue fighting for great things. Also in the mountain races he went ahead and his Triumph in stage 11 consolidated it to make sure to be among the three best of the competition.

Although he could not get the title as his best campaign in 2019, the Carchi locomotive conquered a new podium and can say that he has won the three medals in the Italian turn, since in 2022 he was runner -up and now in third place. The EF Education-Easypost cyclist will rest and prepare for the next challenges: the Tour de France (July) The Tour of Spain (August).

Richard Carapaz’s word

The tricolor left his feelings of the last stage and the podium that achieved in the Italy turn: “I am very satisfied to have met with myself and have fought for a great tour. In my situation it is not easy to find you fighting with the best. I leave with that feeling of returning to a podium of a great return and especially for the work done here. The most difficult stage for me has always been the time trial. I am a dreamer, I have my own style and well, I will always try. “

The locomotive recalled the episode of the penultimate stage: “It was a chess game won by the smartest. To a certain part I had a responsibility, but it was to have shared. Well, without more, I am happy with what I have done and I go with that.”

“I am happy with the work done throughout the turnwe go with the feeling of having been present throughout the turn as a team and I think that from the first day we started the words were those, try to try and try, I think we are going with a very nice third place, “Richard Carapaz concluded.