Jhonatan Narváez

Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

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.

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 was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. 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.

Major results

 * 2014
 * 2nd Silver medal america.svg Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships


 * 2015
 * Pan American Junior Track Championships
 * 1st PanAmericanJersey.png Individual pursuit
 * 1st PanAmericanJersey.png Points race
 * Pan American Junior Road Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal america.svg Road race
 * 3rd Bronze medal america.svg Time trial


 * 2016
 * 1st Ecuador_NC.png Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal america.svg Time trial, Pan American Under-23 Road Championships
 * 5th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification


 * 2017 (1 pro win)
 * 1st Ecuador_NC.png Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Circuit des Ardennes
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Young rider classification, Colorado Classic
 * 6th Overall Tour of the Gila
 * 1st Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey white.svg Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Points classification
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
 * 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
 * 1st Jersey red.svg 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 Gold medal america.svg Road race, Pan American Games
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Overall Tour of Austria
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5


 * 2024 (2)
 * 1st Ecuador_NC.png Road race, National Road Championships
 * Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 1
 * Held Jersey pink.svg & Jersey violet.svg after Stage 1
 * 1st Down Under Classic
 * 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
 * 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
 * 6th E3 Saxo Classic