CARAPAZ Richard

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race
2020	Imola, ITA	22
2019	Harrogate, GBR	DNF
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	71

Tour de France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men's Individual	2021	Paris, FRA
13	Men's Individual	2020	Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men's Individual	2019	Verona, ITA
4	Men's Individual	2018	Rome, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men's Individual	2020	Madrid, ESP
18	Men's Individual	2018	Madrid, ESP
36	Men's Individual	2017	Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	Men's Individual	Tour de Suisse	Andermatt, SUI
9	2021	Road Race	Fleche Wallonne	Huy, BEL
11	2018	Men's Individual	Paris - Nice	Nice, FRA
12	2018	Men's Individual	Tour de Pologne	Bukowina Tatrzanska, POL
13	2020	Road Race	Il Lombardia	Como, ITA
19	2021	Men's Individual	Itzulia Basque Country	Arrate, ESP
20	2019	Men's Individual	Tirreno - Adriatico	San Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
21	2021	Men's Individual	Volta a Catalunya	Montjuic, ESP
26	2019	Men's Individual	Volta a Catalunya	Montjuic, ESP
28	2021	Road Race	Amstel Gold Race	Berg en Terblijt, NED

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Richie, La Locomotora de Carchi [Spanish for 'Locomotive from Carchi', after the Ecuadorian province in which he was born]. (richiecarapaz.com, 09 Feb 2021)

Trekking, hiking, running in the mountains, fishing. (INEOS Grenadiers YouTube channel, 18 Feb 2021)

Athlete

Wife Tania, children Aimy Sofia and Richard Santiago

Spanish

INEOS Grenadiers [Great Britain] since 2020

Turned professional in 2016

In 2019 he injured a tendon in his shoulder after crashing during a race in the Netherlands. The injury prevented him from competing in the 2019 Vuelta a Espana. (elperiodico.com, 22 Aug 2019)

In 2014 he was out of action for six months after he was hit by a car while training in Ecuador. He required surgery to stop bleeding in one of his legs. (richiecarapaz.com, 09 Feb 2021; elcomercio.com, 15 Apr 2014)

After his first bicycle was stolen, his father found another one and fixed it up for him. "My friends, all of them had bikes with tyres. I had one without. I only knew that a bicycle was a means of transportation and it made me happy. That's it. I only learned about professional cycling when I was 16 years old. I ride a bike because I love riding it, because I like cycling." (INEOS Grenadiers YouTube channel, 18 Feb 2021; richiecarapaz.com, 09 Feb 2021; lavanguardia.com, 02 Jun 2019)

Winning the 2019 Giro d'Italia. (richiecarapaz.com, 09 Feb 2021)

Coach Juan Carlos Rosero, and his grandfather. (INEOS Grenadiers YouTube channel, 18 Feb 2021; richiecarapaz.com, 09 Feb 2021)

In 2019 he received the National Order of Merit with an Official Rank from the president of Ecuador. (lanacion.com.ec, 12 Jun 2019; comunicacion.gob.ec, 01 Jan 2019)