Carapaz Takes Cycling Gold
Richard Carapaz picks up Ecuador's second-ever Olympic Gold in the cycling road race
Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won Olympic gold in the men's cycling road race on Saturday, timing to perfection a tactical, final descent after a tough 234km course worthy of a mountain stage of the Grand Tour.
It was only Ecuador's second-ever gold at the Olympics after that of Jefferson Perez in the 50km race walk in the 1996 Atlanta Games.