Richard Carapaz
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- Oct 17
Richard Carapaz signs with NSN Cycling, the Iniesta-backed team, for 2027 onward
Giro d'Italia winner and Tokyo Olympic champion Richard Carapaz has agreed to ride for NSN Cycling, a team co-owned by Andrés Iniesta, one year before his EF Education-EasyPost contract ends. The Ecuadorian climber is the sixth new signing for the team's next season.
- Aug 1
Evenepoel beats Carapaz in sprint for record fourth San Sebastián win
Remco Evenepoel won the Clásica de San Sebastián for a record fourth time on Saturday, beating Richard Carapaz in a two-up sprint after overcoming a late puncture that left him 40 seconds behind.
- Jul 26
Pogacar on brink of fifth Tour de France title as Carapaz wins queen stage, Ackermann abandons, Paris finale cut short
Tadej Pogacar finished fourth on the queen stage and enters the final day with a lead of 6 minutes 26 seconds. Richard Carapaz took the stage, Pascal Ackermann quit emotionally, and the Paris finale is shortened to 89 kilometres because of wildfires.
- Jul 26
Carapaz wins Alpe d'Huez stage, Pogacar rides as domestique to seal fifth Tour de France title
Richard Carapaz soloed to victory in the Tour's queen stage on Alpe d'Huez, attacking 93 kilometres from the finish, while Tadej Pogacar protected teammate Isaac Del Toro's third place overall, virtually locking down his fifth Tour de France win.
- Jul 25
Richard Carapaz conquers Tour de France Queen stage as wildfires force final day re-route
Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won a demanding stage 20 over the Galibier and Col de Sarenne, while organisers slashed Sunday's last stage after wildfires forced authorities to redeploy security forces.
- Jul 25
Carapaz wins monstrous Tour de France queen stage on Alpe d'Huez as Pogačar sacrifices to secure Del Toro's podium
Richard Carapaz seized his second stage win of the 2026 Tour on the 171-km Alpine queen stage, while Tadej Pogačar rode as a domestique to lock in teammate Isaac Del Toro's third place overall.
- Jul 25
Kuss crashes twice in Alpe d’Huez finale, hands Stage 20 win to Carapaz
The American was alone with a 20-second lead inside 10 km when two crashes in under a minute sent him into a safety barrier above a ravine and down to third.
- Jul 25
Alaphilippe: 'Don't expect to see me again' after gruelling Alpe d'Huez stage, raising retirement talk
The double world champion, 34, suggested after a punishing 20th stage that he may not return to the race, finishing arm-in-arm with Warren Barguil over 25 minutes behind winner Richard Carapaz.
- Jul 25
Carapaz wins Tour de France queen stage as Kuss crashes twice; Pogacar seals fifth overall title
Richard Carapaz won the Tour de France's 20th stage atop Alpe d'Huez on Saturday after Sepp Kuss crashed twice on the final descent. Tadej Pogacar, who finished fourth, holds a 6:26 lead and will collect his record-equalling fifth overall win in Paris.
- Jul 25
Carapaz wins Tour de France queen stage after Kuss crashes; Pogacar all but seals fifth title
Richard Carapaz capitalised on two crashes by Sepp Kuss on the descent of the Col de Sarenne to win stage 20 of the Tour de France, while Tadej Pogacar virtually sealed his fifth overall victory.
- Jul 25
Tour de France queen stage: five climbs and a podium fight on the road to Alpe d'Huez
The 113th Tour de France sets up a final mountain showdown from Bourg d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez on Saturday, with Paul Seixas chasing a podium place and Tadej Pogacar aiming to cement his fifth title.
- Jul 24
Virus hits Pogacar's UAE team as Carapaz wins Tour stage 18; Alpe d'Huez looms
A gastrointestinal virus swept through UAE Team Emirates on stage 18, forcing Brandon McNulty to abandon and leaving Tadej Pogacar's support depleted ahead of two summit finishes at Alpe d'Huez.
- Jul 24
Carapaz wins Tour de France stage 18 with solo breakaway as Pogacar keeps yellow amid team illness
Richard Carapaz attacked 3.5 km from the summit of Orcières-Merlette to take a solo victory on stage 18 of the Tour de France, while Tadej Pogacar kept his overall lead of 4 minutes and 32 seconds despite sickness sweeping through his UAE Emirates XRG team.
- Jul 23
Richard Carapaz wins Tour de France stage 18 solo at Orcières Merlette
Ecuadorian rider attacks from breakaway group 3.5 km from summit finish, securing his second Tour stage victory. Tadej Pogacar retains 4-minute overall lead with three stages remaining.
- Jul 6
Pogacar wins Tour de France stage three and seizes yellow jersey from Vingegaard
Tadej Pogacar attacked on the final climb to Les Angles to win the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday, erasing a six-second deficit and taking the overall lead from Jonas Vingegaard.
- Jun 21
Pogacar conquers Tour de Suisse with three stage wins, sends warning ahead of Tour de France
Tadej Pogačar claimed his first Tour de Suisse overall victory after a dominant week that included three stage wins and a final margin of more than six minutes over Richard Carapaz.
- Jun 21
Tadej Pogacar sweeps Tour de Suisse with final stage win and overall title by six minutes
The Slovenian won the mountain stage to Villars-sur-Ollon on Sunday, capping a week that brings his 2026 win tally to 11 in 16 race days and his 21st career stage-race general classification.
- Jun 20
Pogacar edges Van der Poel by 0.31 seconds to win Tour de Suisse time trial
The world champion edged out his Classics rival in the 23.7 km flat time trial at Aarburg, extending his overall lead to over four minutes ahead of the final mountain stage.
- Jun 18
Romain Grégoire holds off Tadej Pogacar to win Tour de Suisse stage two as world champion extends lead
Frenchman Romain Grégoire sprinted to victory in Locarno on stage two of the Tour de Suisse, resisting a late surge from world champion Tadej Pogacar, who nevertheless added precious seconds to his overall lead.
- Jun 14
Belgian cyclist Liam Slock slides across finish line to claim first professional win in Switzerland
The 25-year-old Lotto Intermarché rider beat Aleksandr Vlasov and Richard Carapaz on a false-flat uphill finish at the GP Gippingen, then hit the deck while raising his arms to celebrate.
