Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for

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Career

Early career

Originally from El Playón de San Francisco, situated at an altitude of 2,990 meters, in Ecuador's Sucumbíos Canton, 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. Narváez became a multiple-time Pan American Junior champion in 2015. For 2016, Narváez competed for . Narváez started the 2017 season competing in the

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. He won the Circuit des Ardennes with two stage runner-up finishes, despite a fall in the final stage. He was the youngest winner of the event in a decade.

UCI World Tour

In 2018, Narváez joined

on a three-year contract, making him one of only two Ecuadorians in the World Tour. In late 2018, Narváez broke his three-year contract with to join for the 2019 season. He was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. 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

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, 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

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. In May, he outsprinted

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and Max Schachmann to win the opening stage of the

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, taking the

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in the process. However, he lost the race lead to Pogačar the following day. From 2025, Narváez rides for , having signed a two-year contract.

Major results

;2014 : 2nd Silver medal america

Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships ;2015 : Pan American Junior Track Championships ::1st PanAmericanJersey

Individual pursuit ::1st PanAmericanJersey

Points race : Pan American Junior Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal america

Road race ::3rd Time trial ;2016 : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal america

Time trial, Pan American Under-23 Road Championships : 5th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc ::1st Mountains classification ;2017 (1 pro win) : 1st Ecuador_NC

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

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: 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

: 8th Overall

::1st Young rider classification : 10th Gran Trittico Lombardo ;2021 : 9th

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;2022 : 4th Hamburg Cyclassics : 6th

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: 6th E3 Saxo Bank Classic ;2023 (5) : 1st Gold medal america

Road race,

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: 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 ;2024 (2) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships :

::1st Stage 1 ::Held & after Stage 1 : 1st Down Under Classic : 2nd Overall

: 5th Clásica de San Sebastián : 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 6th E3 Saxo Classic : Combativity award Stage 14

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;2025 (3) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 5

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narvaez, Jhonatan 1997 births Living people Ecuadorian male cyclists Ecuadorian Giro d'Italia stage winners People from Sucumbíos Province Cyclists at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Ecuador Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists for Ecuador Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics