# Jhonatan Narváez

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

## 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 Klein Constantia.
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 Quick-Step Floors 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 Quick-Step Floors to join Team Sky 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.
From 2025, Narváez rides for UAE Team Emirates, having signed a two-year contract.

## Major results
### 2014

    2nd Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships

### 2015

    Pan American Junior Track Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Points race
    Pan American Junior Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd Time trial

### 2016

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2nd Time trial, Pan American 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 Road race, Pan American Games
    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 (3)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour Down Under
       1st Stage 5

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | 80 | DNF | 49 | 42 | — | 28 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | DNF | — | — | 50 |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 35 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | 52 | 25 | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career |
| Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career | Has not contested in his career |
| Classic | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | 39 | 34 | — | — |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | DNF | — | 6 | — | — |
| E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | — | NH | DNF | 6 | 82 | 6 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | — | DNF | 13 | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 49 | — | NH | — | — | 72 | 8 |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | — | — | Not held | Not held | 4 | — | — |
| Paris–Tours | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |