'I want to win the Tour de France' - Richard Carapaz to leave Ineos Grenadiers and join EF Education for 2023

EF Education have announced they have signed Richard Carapaz to join their team for the 2023 cycling season. Carapaz will race at La Vuelta, which begins on Friday, which will be his last Grand Tour for Ineos Grenadiers. Ad He joined Ineos in 2020, finishing second at La Vuelta 2020, third at last year’s Tour de France and was runner-up to Jai Hindley at this year’s Tour de France.

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I’d like to try to win another Grand Tour. A life goal has always been to win the Tour de France. “It’s something I will fight for.

I know it’s possible. I know what my potential is and what I can do, what I can achieve, and I’m fighting for this dream. “Every day I get up with this dream that I have to try for.

When I first started to ride we knew about the Grand Tours. Eventually I thought I could win the Giro d’Italia and I’ve done that and now I’m thinking about the Tour de France.” Tour de France main motivation for Carapaz Ineos have had several team leaders in recent years at Grand Tours with Egan Bernal, Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates and Tao Geoghegan Hart all being given the opportunity to fight for the overall victory. Carapaz, who won the 2019 Giro d’Italia at Movistar, says his focus is on the Tour de France, after missing the event this year.

“This [EF Education] is a team with a lot of ambition and many things they want to achieve,” said Carapaz. “I’m a piece that can fit into the team really well. I’m motivated and was looking for a team