# 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 |  (1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 Cómbita, Boyacá, Colombia |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) |
| 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 |
| 2020– | Arkéa–Samsic |
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| Major wins |
| **Grand ToursTour de France**
Mountains classification (2013)
Young rider classification (2013, 2015)
3 individual stages (2013, 2018, 2019)
**Giro d'ItaliaGeneral classification** (2014)
Young rider classification (2014)
3 individual stages (2014, 2017)
**Vuelta a EspañaGeneral 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) |
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**Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas**, ODB, (born 4 February 1990) is a Colombian professional cyclist. He rides for Team Movistar. 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 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.

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

## 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