Nairo Quintana

Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, ODB, (born 4 February 1990) is a Colombian professional cyclist. He rides for Team Movistar.^[6][7] He is a specialist climber. In 2014 he won the Giro d'Italia. In 2013 he won the polka dot jersey at the Tour de France.

Nairo Quintana

Quintana at the 2019 Paris-Nice
Personal information
Full name	Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
Nickname	The Lion[1] El Cóndor de los Andes Nairoman
Born	(1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 35) Cómbita, Boyacá, Colombia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight	58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)[2]
Team information
Current team	Arkéa–Samsic
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional teams
2009	Boyacá es Para Vivirla
2010–2011	Café de Colombia–Colombia es Pasión
2012–2019	Movistar Team[3][4]
2020–	Arkéa–Samsic[5]
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Mountains classification (2013) Young rider classification (2013, 2015) 3 individual stages (2013, 2018, 2019) Giro d'Italia General classification (2014) Young rider classification (2014) 3 individual stages (2014, 2017) Vuelta a España General classification (2016) Combination classification (2016) 2 individual stages (2016, 2019) 2 TTT stages (2012, 2014) Stage races Tour of the Basque Country (2013) Volta a Catalunya (2016) Tour de Romandie (2016) Tirreno–Adriatico (2015, 2017) Vuelta a Burgos (2013, 2014) Tour de la Provence (2020) One-day races and Classics Giro dell'Emilia (2012)

Career

Quintana at the 2013 Tour of Britain

In 2012, he moved to Europe to join the Spanish Movistar Team. He won the Vuelta a Murcia and also won the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Route du Sud and the Giro dell'Emilia. At the Vuelta a Espana, he helped his teammate Alejandro Valverde finish in second place overall.

In 2013, Quintana won the Tour of the Basque Country^[8] and the Vuelta a Burgos.

At the 2013 Tour de France, Quintana attacked on the mountain stages and finished second overall. He also won the Young Riders Jersey and the Polka dot jersey competition for the best climber.

2014 season

He won the Tour de San Luis and came second overall at Tirreno-Adriatico.^[9]

Because of the high mountains included in the 2014 Giro d'Italia, Quintana decided to try to win the Giro instead of racing in the Tour de France.^[10] He didn't begin the Giro very well, but rode strongly in the final week and won the race.^[11][12] As well as winning overall, Quintana won the white jersey for best young rider.^[13]

Achievements

2010

1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1st Stages 6 & 7

2011

1st Mountains classification, Volta a Catalunya

2012

1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia

1st Stage 1

1st Overall Route du Sud

1st Stage 3

1st Giro dell'Emilia

1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

1st Young rider classification, Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

2013

1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1st Points classification

1st Stage 4

1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos

1st Stage 5

2nd Overall Tour de France

1st Mountains classification

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 20

4th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 3

7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

2014

1st Overall Tour de San Luis

1st Mountains classification

1st Stage 4

1st Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Young rider classification

1st Stages 16 & 19 (ITT)

2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Young rider classification

5th Overall Volta a Catalunya