{"id":77627,"date":"2025-08-19T11:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/77627\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T11:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:28:06","slug":"richard-carapaz-to-focus-on-fall-classics-and-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/77627\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Carapaz to focus on fall classics and World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ef-text-para -light -no-max-width\">After missing the Tour de France due to a gastrointestinal infection, our<a class=\"ef-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/efprocycling.com\/our-team\/richard-carapaz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Ecuadorian rider<\/a> had set his sights on a comeback at the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. But following a stop-start recovery, Richie, together with our medical staff, decided to delay his return to racing to ensure he can reach his very best.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ef-text-para -light -no-max-width\">\u201cAfter the illness I had, I had to stop several times as I couldn\u2019t train for more than two or three days at a time,\u201d said Richard. \u201cNow in Ecuador, I\u2019m trying to get back to normal with training and continue moving forward with what we had planned. I\u2019m almost fully recovered now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ef-text-para -light -no-max-width\">While recovery hasn\u2019t been easy, Richie knows there are still plenty of opportunities left this year. With the Italian classics and World Championships in Rwanda on the horizon, he has rediscovered his spark and is eager for what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ef-text-para -light -no-max-width\">\u201cNow, the next goals we\u2019ve set are the Italian classics, especially Il Lombardia, and also the World Championships in Rwanda,\u201d said Richard. \u201cIt\u2019s a very special World Championship for me, where I have a big opportunity, and I want to prepare for it the best way possible. That\u2019s why I came to Ecuador: to do some altitude training, regain motivation, and focus 100 percent. Certain factors play in our favor, and we want to make the most of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ef-text-para -light -no-max-width\">After winning the Olympics and stages in all three grand tours, pulling on the rainbow bands would be the crowning achievement of an already illustrious career. We\u2019re excited to see our Ecuadorian condor soar again this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After missing the Tour de France due to a gastrointestinal infection, our Ecuadorian rider had set his sights&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-77627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}