Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who currently rides for

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Career

Jhonatan Narvaez before the start in King City (28889252368)

Originally from El Playón de San Francisco 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

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. The club has also produced a number of other professional riders, including

Richard Carapaz Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Carapaz won the 2019 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Ecuadorian rider to win the race. In July 2021 ...

and

Jonathan Caicedo Jonathan Kléver Caicedo Cepeda (born 28 April 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Caicedo is from the town of Santa Martha de Cuba in Ecuador's Tulcán Canton, from which he ...

. Narváez became a multiple-time Pan American Junior champion in 2015. For 2016, Narváez competed for . Narváez started the 2017 season competing in the

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo (Portuguese; en, Tour of Alentejo) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...

. 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. 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. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

2019 Giro d'Italia The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the ...

. 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 Mark Pavlovych Padun ( ua, Марк Павлович Падун; born 6 July 1996) is a Ukrainian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Career In the years 2016 and 2017, Mark Padun raced for . In 2017, he won a stage of the Giro Ciclisti ...

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 Silver medal blank

Road race ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Time trial : Pan American Junior Track Championships ::1st Gold medal blank

Individual pursuit ::1st Gold medal blank

Points race ;2016 : 1st Ecuador_NC

Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

Time trial, Pan American Under–23 Road Championships : 5th Overall

Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc The Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc was a multi-day cycling race held annually in the departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France between 1999 and 2021. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

::1st

Mountains classification ;2017 : 1st Ecuador_NC

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Circuit des Ardennes ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification : 1st Jersey green

Young rider classification, Colorado Classic : 6th Overall

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI America ...

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Young rider classification ::1st Stage 5 ;2018 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Adriatica Ionica Race The Adriatica Ionica Race is an Italian annual professional men's road bicycle race introduced in the 2018 season as a part of the UCI Europe Tour, and currently classified as a 2.1 event. The race is organised by former professional cyclist Mo ...

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd

La Drôme Classic La Drôme Classic ( en, The Drôme Classic) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drôme region of France, held by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation. It is run as part of a weekend of racing in the south Ardèche, known ...

: 5th Overall

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

: 6th

Classic Sud-Ardèche Classic Sud-Ardèche (also known as the Souvenir Francis Delpech) is a road bicycle race held annually in late-February in the Ardèche department of France. The race was a National Event from its inception in 2001 until 2007, before joining the ...

: 7th

Dwars door West–Vlaanderen Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

: 10th Overall Colombia Oro y Paz ;2020 : 1st Jersey white

Overall

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...

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Points classification ::1st Jersey blue

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia : 8th Overall

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

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

;2022 : 4th BEMER Cyclassics : 6th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name ''Strade Bianche'' (Italian for ''White Roads'') st ...

: 6th

E3 Saxo Bank Classic E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kil ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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* {{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 Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists of Ecuador Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Ecuadorian people