2021 Olympic gold medallist Richard Carapaz has been forced to withdraw from the Road World Championships due to a family emergency and has instead returned home to South America.
Considered an outside favourite for the road race next Sunday, Carapaz explained in a message on his personal website that he has had to pull out because his daughter had to have an emergency operation.
His noted climbing skills and predilection for long-distance breakaways, most recently exhibited in an 80-kilometre solo move in the ultra-mountainous stage 9 of the Vuelta, made Carapaz a natural outsider for Zurich’s rugged course.
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