Jhonatan Narváez

Jhonatan Narváez
Personal information
Full nameJhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado
NicknameEl Lagarto[1] (The Alligator)
Born (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27)
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
2 individual stages (2020, 2024)

One-day races and classics

National Road Race Championships (2017, 2024)
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, situated at an altitude of 2,990 meters, 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]

He was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[13] 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 Tour of Austria, 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 Tour Down Under.[14] In May, he outsprinted Tadej Pogačar and Max Schachmann to win the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia, taking the maglia rosa in the process.[15] However, he lost the race lead to Pogačar the following day.

From 2025, Narváez will ride for UAE Team Emirates, having signed a two-year contract.[16]

Major results

2014
2nd Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships
2015
Pan American Junior Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
Pan American Junior Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
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
2024 (2)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1
Held & after Stage 1
1st Down Under Classic
2nd Overall Tour Down Under
5th Clásica de San Sebastián
5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
6th E3 Saxo Classic
Combativity award Stage 14 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 80 DNF 49 42 28
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF

Classics results timeline

Monument 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Milan–San Remo 32 35
Tour of Flanders 52 25
Paris–Roubaix Has not contested in his career
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Giro di Lombardia
Classic 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 39 34
Strade Bianche DNF 6
E3 Saxo Bank Classic NH DNF 6 82 6
Gent–Wevelgem DNF 13 DNF
Clásica de San Sebastián 49 NH 72 8
Hamburg Cyclassics Not held 4
Paris–Tours 18
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified
NH Not held
IP In progress

References

  1. ^ "Narváez es ahora el mejor latino en el Giro". Jorge Benítez. CORREO SPORT. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "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. 29 December 2016. 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.
  14. ^ Lamoureux, Lyne; Giuliani, Simone (20 January 2024). "Stephen Williams takes final stage and wins Tour Down Under". CyclingNews. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  15. ^ Farrand, Stephen (4 May 2023). "Giro d'Italia: Jhonnatan Narvaez holds off Tadej Pogačar in lighting-fast stage 1 finish". CyclingNews. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Jhonatan Narvaez signs for UAE Team Emirates". UAE Team Emirates. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.