Nairo Quintana

**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

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

## Infobox (cyclist)

- **name**: Nairo Quintana
- **image**: Nairo Quintana with fans, 2019 Paris-Nice (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Quintana at the 2019 Paris-Nice
- **fullname**: Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
- **birth place**: Cómbita, Boyacá Department, Boyacá, Colombia
- **discipline**: Road
- **role**: Rider
- **ridertype**: Climber
- **proyears1**: 2009
- **proyears2**: 2010–2011
- **proyears3**: 2012–2019
- **proyears4**: 2020–
- **majorwins**: **Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours**
:**Tour de France**
::Mountains classification in the Tour de France, Mountains classification (2013 Tour de France, 2013)
::Young rider classification in the Tour de France, Young rider classification (2013 Tour de France, 2013, 2015 Tour de France, 2015)
::3 individual stages (2013 Tour de France, 2013, 2018 Tour de France, 2018, 2019 Tour de France, 2019)
:**Giro d'Italia**
::**General classification in the Giro d'Italia, General classification** (2014 Giro d'Italia, 2014)
::Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification (2014 Giro d'Italia, 2014)
::3 individual stages (2014 Giro d'Italia, 2014, 2017 Giro d'Italia, 2017)
:**Vuelta a España**
::**General classification in the Vuelta a España, General classification** (2016 Vuelta a España, 2016)
::Combination classification in the Vuelta a España, Combination classification (2016 Vuelta a España, 2016)
::2 individual stages (2016 Vuelta a España, 2016, 2019 Vuelta a España, 2019)
::2 TTT stages (2012 Vuelta a España, 2012, 2014 Vuelta a España, 2014)
**Race stage, Stage races**
:Tour of the Basque Country (2013 Tour of the Basque Country, 2013)
:Volta a Catalunya (2016 Volta a Catalunya, 2016)
:Tour de Romandie (2016 Tour de Romandie, 2016)
:Tirreno–Adriatico (2015 Tirreno–Adriatico, 2015, 2017 Tirreno–Adriatico, 2017)
:Vuelta a Burgos (2013 Vuelta a Burgos, 2013, 2014 Vuelta a Burgos, 2014)
:Tour de la Provence (2020 Tour de la Provence, 2020)
**Classic cycle races, One-day races and Classics**
:Giro dell'Emilia (2012)