Volcano training sends Ecuador's Carapaz on path to gold

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A brutally tough Olympic road race course wore down most of the 130 riders who set off from Musashinonomori Park in stifling heat on Saturday but not gold medallist Richard Carapaz who trains on an Ecuadorean volcano.

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The 28-year-old mountain man, known in the men's professional peloton as La Locomotora by dint of his relentless engine, shrugged off everything the elite field could throw at home before launching a solo bid for glory.

Carapaz led a successful chase down of Pogacar and then on the next climb, a short burst up the Kagosaka Pass 21km from the end, he and American Brandon McNulty launched their attack. Carapaz had already won a Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's crown jewels, and was third in the Tour de France which ended last weekend, but he said an Olympic gold was "incredible".

It was a stunning performance and there were few complaints from the riders he left in his wake including silver medallist Van Aert who accepted the better man won.

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