Richard Carapaz wins the Classic Alpes-Maritimes

Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) took his second win of the season at the Classic Alpes-Maritimes, soloing to victory at the mountainous one-day race.

The Ecuadorian won his first race in his national colours for his new squad, beating Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën) by 12 seconds at the top of the Valberg in southeast France. Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Dstny) rounded out the podium 38 seconds back after getting the beating of Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ) and Cristian Rodríguez (Arkéa-Samsic) in the race for the line.

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