EF Education-EasyPost Grand Tour contender Richard Carapaz will not compete at the upcoming Vuelta a España after being unable to train properly because of an infection that led to his withdrawal from the team for the Tour de France.
However, the Ecuadorian rider, who finished on the podium of the Giro d’Italia earlier this year, is almost fully recovered and setting his goals on the late-season Italian classics and the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda.
EF Education-EasyPost for the 2025 Vuelta a España
With Carapaz out of the Vuelta, the team will field a young squad looking to make an impression over three weeks of racing on a mountainous route, attacking each stage as if it was a one-day race, according to the team’s press release.
Archie Ryan, Markel Beloki, Lukas Nerurkar, and Jardi van der Lee will make their Grand Tour debuts when the Vuelta starts in Torino, Italy on Saturday and will be joined by experienced riders Esteban Chaves and James Shaw, with Madis Mihkels and Sean Quinn rounding out the eight-man team.
Chaves will be racing in the 17th Grand Tour of his career and is looking forward to making the race a good experience for the younger riders.
“I remember when I did my first Grand Tour many, many years ago. I was always watching what the older guys were doing. That is going to be a challenge…
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