Jhonatan Narváez Archives

Huge Upsets & Lost Riders Mark Beginning of Spring Classics

March 3, 2025 at 11:01 am3 min reading

Road cycling

What a wacky way to begin the spring Classics season! Unknown riders, both young and old, won the spoils on Saturday in both the men’s and women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, while three favorites took a wrong turn near the end of the Faun-Ardèche Classic, handing…

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Narváez Wins Tour Down Under for UAE, Rüegg Surprises in Women’s Race

January 27, 2025 at 10:19 am3 min reading

Road cycling

It’s not the Alpe d’Huez but for the Santos Tour Down Under, the 373-metre Willunga Hill has been, and was again this year, the king- and queen-maker. Both Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates –XRG) and Noemi Rüegg (EF Education–Oatly) won their respective races by being…

Many Favourites in 2025 Season Opener, the Santos Tour Down Under

January 16, 2025 at 2:56 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

The 2025 road racing season kicks off on Friday in Australia with the women’s Santos Tour Down Under, with the men hitting the road on Tuesday in an intriguing race in which at least a dozen riders have a realistic chance at winning the title,…

EF Education–EasyPost, the Little Team that Could (and Did)

November 27, 2024 at 1:52 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

The American team EF Education–EasyPost has had a remarkable season, winning 24 races, including two Grand Tour stages, a Grand Tour King of the Mountains jersey, and no fewer than five national championships, and now sits 12th in the UCI’s World Team Rankings list.

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Ecuador (Finally) Selects Narváez for the Olympics, Ending a Nasty Row

May 29, 2024 at 2:10 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The Ecuadorian Cycling Federation (FEC) ended a festering conflict between its best riders by selecting Jhonatan Narváez to be its sole representative in the two cycling road events at the Paris Olympics this summer, rejecting the arguments of its defending Olympic road race champion, Richard…