Colombia’s Nairo Quintana named best athlete in Ibero-America
Colombia rider Nairo Quintana was recognized as the best Latin American athlete of 2014 Tuesday after major performances in cycling events like the Tour de France.
Colombia rider Nairo Quintana was recognized as the best Latin American athlete of 2014 Tuesday after major performances in cycling events like the Tour de France.
Nairo Quintana, who finished second in the Tour de France on Sunday, said he is hopeful to become the first Colombian to win the world’s most prestigious cycling event.
Colombia’s Nairo Quintana ended second in the Tour de France on Sunday, leaving before him only Chris Froome with an advantage of one minute and 12 seconds.
Colombia’s Nairo Quintana lost a minute to an impressive Chris Froome in the Tour de France’s first mountain stage, but climbed in the general classification to become third.
As the Tour de France is set to enter Colombia’s Nairo Quintana’s favorite part of the course, the mountains, he is going to have to defeat the team of yellow…
Colombians Rigoberto Uran and Nairo Quintana are respectively the eighth and eleventh best speed cyclist in the world, according to the latest UCI classification.
Nairo Quintana will be the “first Colombian to win” the Tour de France, according to Pedro Delgado, Spanish ex-cyclist and winner of the world’s most important cycling event in 1988.
Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana, winner of this year’s Giro d’Italia, crashed out of the Vuelta a España on Wednesday with a possible broken collarbone.
Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana said on Tuesday he will continue riding in the ongoing Vuelta a España in spite of a serious fall that made him lose first position in the…