Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[4]
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| Full name | Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | El Lagarto[1] (The Alligator) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1997 Sucumbíos Canton, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2016 | Klein Constantia | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Axeon–Hagens Berman | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Quick-Step Floors | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Team Sky[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
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Originally from El Playón de San Francisco, situated at an altitude of 2,990 meters, 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.
In 2023, Narváez won the overall classification as well as three stages of the Tour of Austria, in addition to his second National Road Race Championship title.
Narváez opened 2024 with a win at the Down Under Classic before going on to finish second overall at the Tour Down Under.[14] In May, he outsprinted Tadej Pogačar and Max Schachmann to win the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia, taking the maglia rosa in the process.[15] However, he lost the race lead to Pogačar the following day.
From 2025, Narváez will ride for UAE Team Emirates, having signed a two-year contract.[16]
Major results
edit- 2014
- 2nd
Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships - 2015
- Pan American Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Points race
- 1st
- Pan American Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd
Time trial
- 2nd
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- 2016
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships - 2nd Time trial, Pan American Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2017 (1 pro win)
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 1st
Young rider classification, Colorado Classic - 6th Overall Tour of the Gila
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Adriatica Ionica Race
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd La Drôme Classic
- 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 6th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 7th Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
- 10th Overall Colombia Oro y Paz
- 2020 (3)
- 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
- 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 10th Gran Trittico Lombardo
- 2021
- 9th Nokere Koerse
- 2022
- 4th Hamburg Cyclassics
- 6th Strade Bianche
- 6th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 2023 (5)
- 1st
Road race, Pan American Games - 1st Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
- 1st
- 2024 (2)
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1
- Held
& 
after Stage 1
- 1st Down Under Classic
- 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
- 5th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 6th E3 Saxo Classic
Combativity award Stage 14 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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80 | DNF | 49 | 42 | — | 28 |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | DNF | — | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 35 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | 52 | 25 | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Has not contested in his career | ||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | |||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | |||||||
| Classic | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | 39 | 34 | — | — |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | DNF | — | 6 | — | — |
| E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | — | NH | DNF | 6 | 82 | 6 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | — | DNF | 13 | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 49 | — | NH | — | — | 72 | 8 |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | — | — | Not held | 4 | — | ||
| Paris–Tours | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |
References
edit- ^ "Narváez es ahora el mejor latino en el Giro". Jorge Benítez. CORREO SPORT. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Narvaez breaks Quick-Step contract to join Team Sky for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Jonathan Narváez, el todo terreno del ciclismo tricolor". Diario el Norte. Elnorte.ec. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (13 September 2020). "Richard Carapaz: From Ecuador to Grand Tour winner". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Jhonatan Narváez establece un doble récord". Eltelegrafo.com.ec. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Jonathan Narváez, un ecuatoriano que pedalea en Europa". El Comercio. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Show | Diario la Hora".
- ^ "Jhonatan Narvaez n'a jamais paniqué - Actualité". DirectVelo. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Journal l'Ardennais".
- ^ "Quick-Step Floors add Jhonatan Narvaez to growing 2018 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Lamoureux, Lyne; Giuliani, Simone (20 January 2024). "Stephen Williams takes final stage and wins Tour Down Under". CyclingNews. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (4 May 2023). "Giro d'Italia: Jhonnatan Narvaez holds off Tadej Pogačar in lighting-fast stage 1 finish". CyclingNews. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Jhonatan Narvaez signs for UAE Team Emirates". UAE Team Emirates. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
External links
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- Jhonatan Narváez at ProCyclingStats