Īt the Tour de France, Quintana attacked on the Col de Pailheres during Stage 8 and became the first man to cross the highest pass that year.
#CONDOR TAXI TRIAL#
Quintana took the overall win in the final time trial by finishing second behind Tony Martin ( Omega Pharma–Quick-Step), gaining enough time over Team Sky's Sergio Henao to take the leader's jersey from him. In 2013, Quintana won stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya, and the following month, he won the queen stage of the Tour of the Basque Country by sprinting to victory after the final climb in Eibar– Arrate, two seconds before a group of six fellow overall contenders.
In October, Quintana won the Giro dell'Emilia.Ģ013 season Quintana at the 2013 Tour of Britain Quintana made his Grand Tour debut at the Vuelta a España, where he was one of Alejandro Valverde's key climbing domestiques as Valverde finished second overall. After winning that stage, he later ended up winning the Route du Sud that year. He held on to his solo lead in the descent leading to Morzine. Later, he took a prestigious victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné, when he sparked a counter-attack after a select group of riders including leader Bradley Wiggins reached the last escapee of the day. He won the overall classification in the Vuelta a Murcia. In 2012, Quintana moved to Europe to join the Spanish Movistar Team. In 2010, Quintana won the Tour de l'Avenir whilst part of the team Café de Colombia–Colombia es Pasión (racing for the Colombia national team in that race), proving to be one of the great prospects for the future of Colombian cycling. He started his career on the team "Boyacá es para Vivirla". Despite this, his father, a cycling fan, recognised Nairo's potential and spent 300,000 Colombian pesos (around £71.91) on a racing bike to see if Nairo could make a career in the sport. Īt the age of 15 he was hit by a taxi whilst riding, leaving him in a coma for five days.
His parents' names are Luis Quintana and Eloisa Rojas, and he has four siblings: sisters Nelly and Lady, and brothers Willington and Dayer. Quintana resides in Cómbita, splitting his time between his native country and Pamplona in Navarre, Spain.
#CONDOR TAXI DRIVER#
At the age of 16 he also started working as a taxi driver using his father's car. Early life īorn in Cómbita, a town near the capital of Boyacá, Tunja, in Colombia, to a farming family, Quintana comes from a humble background, but his family still saved up to buy Quintana a second-hand mountain bike to make the 16 km (9.9 mi) journey through the Eastern Ranges of the Andes to school and to travel from village to village to sell fruit and vegetables.
#CONDOR TAXI PROFESSIONAL#
His brother Dayer Quintana is also a professional cyclist and rode for the Movistar Team with Nairo between 20, and again at Arkéa–Samsic between 20. His multiple wins in other major stage races, leading to high UCI WorldTour ranking placements at the end of each season, are other reasons why he is seen as one of the most successful stage-racing riders of the recent era, and the best road cyclist in Colombian history. In addition to his two Grand Tour victories he has also placed in the top 10 on twelve occasions, six of which were on the podium. His best career results are winning the 2014 Giro d'Italia and 2016 Vuelta a España, as well as 2nd place overall in the Tour de France of 20. He is also a competent time triallist, making him a consistent contender for general classification at stage races. Nicknamed "Nairoman" and "El Cóndor de los Andes", Quintana is a specialist climber, known for his ability to launch sustained and repeated attacks on ascents of steep gradient, high power output and great stamina to react and endure others' attacks. Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas, ODB, (born 4 February 1990) is a Colombian racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic. One-day races and Classics Giro dell'Emilia (2012)
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, 2022) 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)
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