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Full name | Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | El Lagarto [1] (the Lizard) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Sucumbíos Canton, Ecuador | 4 March 1997||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Ineos Grenadiers | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Puncheur, Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2016 | Klein Constantia | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Axeon–Hagens Berman | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Quick-Step Floors | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Team Sky [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||
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Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. [4]
Originally from El Playón de San Francisco in Ecuador's Sucumbíos Canton, [5] whilst at school Narváez was a member of a cycling club founded by one of his teachers, former Olympic racing cyclist Juan Carlos Rosero. The club has also produced a number of other professional riders, including Richard Carapaz and Jonathan Caicedo. [6] Narváez became a multiple-time Pan American Junior champion in 2015. [7] For 2016, Narváez competed for Klein Constantia. [8]
Narváez started the 2017 season competing in the Volta ao Alentejo. [9] He won the Circuit des Ardennes with two stage runner-up finishes, despite a fall in the final stage. [10] He was the youngest winner of the event in a decade. [11]
In 2018, Narváez joined UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step Floors on a three-year contract, making him one of only two Ecuadorians in the World Tour. [12] In late 2018, Narváez broke his three-year contract with Quick-Step Floors to join Team Sky for the 2019 season. [2]
He was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. [13] He finished the race in 80th place. The following year he once again competed in the Giro; although he did not finish the race, he did win a stage; stage 12, which was an intermediate/hilly stage. Narváez finished just over a minute ahead of Mark Padun and nearly seven minutes ahead of 3rd place Simon Clarke.
Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Giro d'Italia | 80 | DNF | 49 | 42 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | DNF | — |
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | El Lagarto [1] (the Lizard) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Sucumbíos Canton, Ecuador | 4 March 1997||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||
Current team | Ineos Grenadiers | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Puncheur, Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2016 | Klein Constantia | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Axeon–Hagens Berman | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Quick-Step Floors | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Team Sky [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
| |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. [4]
Originally from El Playón de San Francisco in Ecuador's Sucumbíos Canton, [5] whilst at school Narváez was a member of a cycling club founded by one of his teachers, former Olympic racing cyclist Juan Carlos Rosero. The club has also produced a number of other professional riders, including Richard Carapaz and Jonathan Caicedo. [6] Narváez became a multiple-time Pan American Junior champion in 2015. [7] For 2016, Narváez competed for Klein Constantia. [8]
Narváez started the 2017 season competing in the Volta ao Alentejo. [9] He won the Circuit des Ardennes with two stage runner-up finishes, despite a fall in the final stage. [10] He was the youngest winner of the event in a decade. [11]
In 2018, Narváez joined UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step Floors on a three-year contract, making him one of only two Ecuadorians in the World Tour. [12] In late 2018, Narváez broke his three-year contract with Quick-Step Floors to join Team Sky for the 2019 season. [2]
He was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. [13] He finished the race in 80th place. The following year he once again competed in the Giro; although he did not finish the race, he did win a stage; stage 12, which was an intermediate/hilly stage. Narváez finished just over a minute ahead of Mark Padun and nearly seven minutes ahead of 3rd place Simon Clarke.
Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Giro d'Italia | 80 | DNF | 49 | 42 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | DNF | — |