Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) confirmed Wednesday that he had surgery this week while home in Ecuador, but expected a short recovery time to be at “the maximum level” for a return to the Giro d’Italia in five weeks.
The 32-year-old, who has been on the GC podium twice at the Giro, including the overall title in 2019, posted a photo of himself from an Axxis Hospital room in Quito giving a thumbs-up sign while sitting upright in a chair post-surgery.
“It wasn’t the plan, but it was handled the best way,” Carapaz wrote on his Instagram feed.
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