Richard Carapaz joins EF Education-EasyPost from Ineos Grenadiers

Giro d’Italia 2019 winner and reigning Olympic road race champion to move to American team for 2023

Richard Carapaz
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Richard Carapaz will ride for EF Education-EasyPost from next season, after joining from Ineos Grenadiers.

Carapaz won the Giro d’Italia in 2019 and took the gold medal in the road race at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The Ecuadorian rider is due to begin the Vuelta a España with Ineos Grenadiers but will move to the American team next year. 

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