TOKYO: Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won Olympic gold in the men's cycling road race on Saturday (Jul 24), timing to perfection a tactical final ...
TOKYO: Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won Olympic gold in the men's cycling road race on Saturday , timing to perfection a tactical final descent after a tough 234km course worthy of a mountain stage of a Grand Tour.
The entire route accumulated a staggering 4,865m of climbing - more demanding than the major mountain stages of the 2021 Tour de France. South Africa's Nic Dlamini, who this month became the first black South African to race the Tour de France, led a lead group of five riders up and over the Kagosaka Pass and then dove into a long descent before the 14.3km climb to Fuji Sanroku at 6 per cent.Advertisement