Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Road - Men's Road race - Medal Ceremony - FSW - Fuji International Speedway - Shizuoka, Japan - July 24, 2021. Gold medallist Richard Carapaz of Ecuador celebrates on the podium. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
TOKYO (Reuters) - A brutally tough Olympic road race course wore down most of the 130 riders who set off from Musashinonomori Park in stifling heat on Saturday but not gold medallist Richard Carapaz who trains on an Ecuadorean volcano.
The 28-year-old mountain man, known in the men's professional peloton as La Locomotora by dint of his relentless engine, shrugged off everything the elite field could throw at home before launching a solo bid for glory.
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