Richard Carapaz will return to racing at Amstel Gold Race on Sunday, a bit more than one month since a hard crash on the final stage at Tirreno-Adriatico on March 10. His EF Education-EasyPost team reported that he had “sustained abrasions after his crash at Tirreno-Adriatico but x-rays found no signs of fracture or dislocation.”
His longer-than-expected recovery meant that he has to skip GP Miguel Indurain and Itzulia Basque Country to be “one hundred percent” for the Ardennes Classics, races that he hasn’t competed in since 2021.