Richard Carapaz sealed his first Giro d'Italia to become the first cyclist from Ecuador to win a Grand Tour race after Sunday's final 17km time-trial stage in Verona. The 26-year-old Movistar rider finished 1min 05sec ahead of former two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, riding for Bahrain-Merida.
American Chad Haga of the Sunweb team won the 21st and final stage of the 102nd edition of the three-week race around Italy. Carapaz finished 36th in the stage which finished in Verona's Roman Amphitheatre, 1min 12sec adrift of Haga, but it was enough to seal victory for the Ecuadorian competing for the second time in the race after finishing fourth last year.
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