Jhonatan Narváez
Personal information
Full nameJhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado
NicknameEl Lagarto[1] (the Lizard)
Born (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997
Sucumbíos Canton, Ecuador
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur, Classics specialist
Professional teams
2016Klein Constantia
2017Axeon–Hagens Berman
2018Quick-Step Floors
2019–Team Sky[2][3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2020)

One-day races and classics

National Road Race Championships (2017)
Medal record
Representing  Ecuador
Men's road cycling
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Road race

Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[4]

Career

Narvaez in 2018

Originally from El Playón de San Francisco 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]

In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[13] He finished the race in 80th place. The following year he would once again compete in the Giro and while 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.

Major results

2014
2nd Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships
2015
Pan American Junior Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
Pan American Junior Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
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
2017 (1 pro win)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes
1st Young rider classification
1st Young rider classification, Colorado Classic
6th Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 5
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 Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Young rider classification
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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 80 DNF 49 42
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — DNF —

References

  1. ↑ "Narváez es ahora el mejor latino en el Giro". Jorge Benítez. CORREO SPORT. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Narvaez breaks Quick-Step contract to join Team Sky for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Jonathan Narváez, el todo terreno del ciclismo tricolor". Diario el Norte. Elnorte.ec. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Fotheringham, Alasdair (13 September 2020). "Richard Carapaz: From Ecuador to Grand Tour winner". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Jhonatan Narváez establece un doble récord". Eltelegrafo.com.ec. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Narváez, un ecuatoriano que pedalea en Europa". El Comercio. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Show | Diario la Hora".
  10. ↑ "Jhonatan Narvaez n'a jamais paniqué - Actualité". DirectVelo. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Journal l'Ardennais".
  12. ↑ "Quick-Step Floors add Jhonatan Narvaez to growing 2018 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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