Jhonatan Narváez

Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has had success at the Giro d'Italia, winning stages in 2020, 2024, and 2026.

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 Volta ao Alentejo. 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 UCI WorldTeam 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 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. 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. 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

2015 Pan American Junior Track Championships

Pan American Junior Road Championships

2016 1st Time trial, National 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 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 2025 (4) 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Overall Tour Down Under 1st Stage 5 2nd Overall Deutschland Tour 1st Stage 2 3rd Overall Tour of Guangxi 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 2026 (4) Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 4, 8 & 11 Held after Stages 14 & 17 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia 80 DNF 49 42 — 28 — DNF Tour de France — — — — — — 13 Vuelta a España — — DNF — — 50 —

Classics results timeline Monument 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Milan–San Remo — — — — — 32 35 85 — Tour of Flanders — — — — 52 25 — DNF — Paris–RoubaixHas not contested in his career Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia Classic 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad — — — 39 34 — — 43 — Strade Bianche — — DNF —6 — — — — E3 Saxo Bank Classic — —NH DNF6 826 — — Gent–Wevelgem — — — — DNF 13 DNF — — Clásica de San Sebastián 49 —NH — — 725 — Hamburg Cyclassics — —Not held4 — — — Paris–Tours 18 — — — — — — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held