What's next for Miguel Ángel López in the Tour de France 3:49
(CNN Spanish) -
Richard Carapaz was once again the protagonist in the Tour de France.
After his great performance on stage 18, he is now the leader of the mountain.
The Ecuadorian was close to a stage win, but preferred to celebrate with his teammate Michal Kwiatkowski.
On this occasion he was not overtaken as he was close to the goal or he failed in an early escape as happened in the two previous stages.
The 2019 Giro d'Italia winner raised his arms high alongside Kwiatkowski as they crossed the finish line in La Roche-Sur-Foron.
The Ineos team celebrated their first victory of this edition of the Tour, a day after having fired their leader and defending champion Egan Bernal due to physical problems.
Carapaz can secure the red dot jersey as early as this Friday at stage 19, which will have a fourth category port and finish flat for sprinters.
We are going to defend this beautiful jersey until the end to take Ecuador to the podium in Paris 🇪🇨 ⚪️🔴 📸 @GettySport pic.twitter.com/bRmJhvTJlK
- Richard Carapaz M (@RichardCarapazM) September 17, 2020
Mountain classification
Richar Carapaz 74 pts.
Tadej Pogacar 72 pts.
Primož Roglic 67 pts.
Marc Hirschi 62 pts.
Miguel A. López 51 pts.
The general classification was not modified on the podium.
The Slovenian Primož Roglic remains in first place, escorted by his compatriot Tadej Pogacar and in third place was the Colombian Miguel Ángel López.
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