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Richard Carapaz's contract status with EF Education-EasyPost is murky — reports disagree on whether it runs out this year or as late as 2027 or 2028 — but three teams, NSN, Pinarello-Q36.5, and Netcompany INEOS, are reportedly circling anyway. Johan Bruyneel calls a move "very, very, very probable," but Carapaz's own agent says no offers exist yet — the gap between those two statements is the real story.
This isn't the usual Carapaz rumor cycle. He's coming off a third-place finish and a stage win at the 2025 Giro d'Italia, plus the King of the Mountains jersey from the 2024 Tour de France — form that makes him a genuine target rather than a speculative one. At €2.5–2.8 million a season, he's priced within reach of multiple suitors, which is exactly why Bruyneel's confidence and the agent's denial can both be true at once: the market is testing the water before anyone commits.
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