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Richard Carapaz made historical past within the Tokyo Olympic Video games by profitable considered one of Ecuador’s solely three Olympic Video games gold medals within the nation’s historical past, however he received’t be defending his title in Paris 2024.
In a controversial resolution, the Federación Ecuatoriana de Ciclismo (FEC) introduced Monday that Jhonatan Narváez will fill Ecuador’s lone beginning spot in each the elite males’s time trial and street race on this summer time’s Olympic Video games.
Carapaz, who’s making ready for the Tour de France with EF Training-EasyPost on Spain’s Sierra Nevada, made an unsuccessful attraction this month to problem the principles course of laid out by the Ecuadorian biking federation.
“It’s apparent that the principles created by FEC solely depend with standards that favors my compatriot, leaving apart some other honest or goal consideration,” Carapaz stated in an announcement this month. “The factors have been taken under consideration since January, however the laws weren’t revealed till March, when there was a distinction in factors between the athletes.”
Carapaz stated the choice course of, which counted factors earned at the beginning of the 2024 racing season, favored compatriot Narváez, who lately received a stage on the Giro d’Italia with Ineos Grenadiers.
Each Carapaz and Narváez raced within the Tokyo Olympic Video games, however since 2021, within the allocation of beginning spots, Ecuador sees just one spot for the elite males’s races in August in Paris.
#URGENTE | ¡’Lagarto’ a París! La Federación Ecuatoriana de Ciclismo eligió a Jhonatan Narváez para la prueba de ruta de los Juegos Olímpicos. ¿Y Richard Carapaz? ➡️ https://t.co/vH64XxWTQo pic.twitter.com/ERdS4Jcpqv
— Jugada (@Jugada_Ec) Might 27, 2024
In his unsuccessful attraction, Carapaz alleged that the choice course of — which counted factors in outcomes earned beginning January 1 — was not revealed till March, by which era Carapaz claimed that Narváez already had a aggressive edge when it comes to outcomes.
“This time it wasn’t meant to be,” Carapaz stated in a video message on social media Monday night. “I want Jhonatan the most effective of luck, and by no means cease elevating your voice for honest sport.”
Narváez, who accomplished the Giro on Sunday, got here hotter into the 2024 racing with the sooner objective of the Giro on the heart of racing calendar, whereas Carapaz is making ready for the Tour de France later this summer time.
In 2021, Carapaz attacked with Brandon McNulty in Tokyo in a long-range breakaway to win alone forward of the fast-charging chasing group at 1:07 forward of Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogačar, who received silver and bronze, respectively.
