Richard Carapaz, Jhonatan Narvaez, and another member of the Ecuador team have been sent home from the Bolivarian Games - a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar for athletes from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela - having being found drunk shortly after the opening ceremony on Sunday. Carapaz, who rides for Movistar, and Ecuador national champion Narvaez (Axeon-Hagens Berman), who will turn pro next year with Quick-Step, were drinking with teammate Jonathan Caicedo in a restaurant near the team hotel in the Colombian city of Santa Marta when they were surprised by a group of delegates of the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE). `The cyclists were disrespectful towards a number of the delegates and did not want to leave the establishment,` read a statement from the COE, which described the trio as being in `a state of inebriation`. `At insistence, they were taken to the Delfin Hotel, the base for the cycling team. However, they attempted to go back out, and were stopped from doing so by members of the technical team.`ADVERTISEMENT The three riders were all due to compete in Wednesday`s road race but, after discussions that went all the way to the ministry for sport back in Ecuador, the decision was taken to send them home. `Ecuador`s sporting system is not for people who show that type of behaviour,` said COE president Augusto Moran, according to El Telegrafo. `Athletes, as well as competing for medals, must set an example for society in their behaviour, and these three cyclists did not do that.` Carapaz, Narvaez, and Caicedo all face disciplinary action and possible sanctions from the national cycling federation. Contador`s Polartec-Kometa team finalises roster Caja-Rural finalizes 2018 roster with Moreira Cyclingnews Reader Poll
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