Hi, new user here.
It is a pity that a thread on such a great rider spends so much time arguing he shouldn't have won the Giro.I sometimes feel that South Americans and specially an Ecuadorian like Carapaz get less credit than riders from more traditional cycling nations. There are very few GT's where we can say someone won without any luck, what about 2016 Giro or 2014 Tour? And ever since Carapaz showed how a world class he is, in my view today after the Slovenians he's the best GT rider around. Let's not forget that in 2020 Vuelta Roglic won through bonus seconds, on the road he finished behind Richie, and also with a big help of Movistar. So they basically traded GT's here.
It is a pity that a thread on such a great rider spends so much time arguing he shouldn't have won the Giro.I sometimes feel that South Americans and specially an Ecuadorian like Carapaz get less credit than riders from more traditional cycling nations. There are very few GT's where we can say someone won without any luck, what about 2016 Giro or 2014 Tour? And ever since Carapaz showed how a world class he is, in my view today after the Slovenians he's the best GT rider around. Let's not forget that in 2020 Vuelta Roglic won through bonus seconds, on the road he finished behind Richie, and also with a big help of Movistar. So they basically traded GT's here.