Nairo Quintana

Nairo Quintana
	Quintana at the 2019 Paris-Nice
Personal information
Full name	Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
Nickname	The Lion; El Cóndor de los Andes; Nairoman;
Born	4 February 1990 (age 33); Cómbita, Boyacá, Colombia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 51⁄2 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Team information
Current team	Arkéa–Samsic
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
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)
	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)

Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, ODB, (born 4 February 1990) is a Colombian professional cyclist. He rides for Team Movistar.^[3]^[4] 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.

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^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] He didn't begin the Giro very well, but rode strongly in the final week and won the race.^[8]^[9] As well as winning overall, Quintana won the white jersey for best young rider.^[10]