Movistar adds Carapaz and De la Parte
Movistar has added Richard Carapaz and Victor de la Parte to the 2017 roster, the team announced today.
Carapaz, a 23-year-old from Ecuador, rode his first professional season this year with the Colombian Strongman-Campagnolo Wilier Continental team. He signed on with Movistar as a trainee in July and rode nine races with the Spanish WorldTour team, most recently finishing 25th in Giro del Piemonte. The talented climber is the first-ever rider from Ecuador to compete for a UCI WorldTour team, according to the Movistar announcement. He signed through 2018.
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De La Parte, 30, signed a one-year deal for 2017. He is a six-year pro who rode with CCC Sprandi Polkowice this season, joining the Polish team after a general classification victory in the 2015 Tour of Austria, where he also claimed consecutive mountain-top finish wins in Dobratsch and the Kitzbüheler Horn.
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