The official profile of the Vuelta a Asturias, through its Twitter account, announced that Nairo Quintana will defend the title won in 2021 in 2022. The Colombian was announced by the organizers as one of the great attractions of the Spanish race along with the British Adam Yates.
In the immediately previous edition of the Vuelta a Asturias, the Boyacense cyclist defeated rivals such as Nelson Oliveira, Pierre Latour, Ilnur Zakarin and Alessandro Fedeli. Meanwhile, for this new edition, the list of riders registered by the World Tour teams is unknown.
At the start of the cycling season, Nairo Quintana already celebrated the victory in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var Tour and the Tour de la Provence. While he is currently competing in the Vuelta a Catalunya where he is in the third place of the overall standings, a race in which fellow Colombian Daniel Martínez, fifth in the overall standings, competes.
About his season, Nairo Quintana was motivated and hopes to continue to reap the good results:
In addition, he confirmed that his big laps of the season will be the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, despite the fact that the Colombian expected to compete in the Giro d'Italia, a race he has already won and which he says fits well with his current characteristics as a runner:
Although he regrets not being able to participate in the next edition of the Giro d'Italia, the Boyaca-based rider Nairo Quintana said that this year his main sporting goal with the Arkéa Samsic team is to participate in the Tour de France and compete in the Vuelta a España.
After the start of the 2022 season of international cycling, the idol of sport on wheels from Colombia has already recorded the titles of the Alpes-Maritimes and Var Tour, and the Tour de la Provence.
Meanwhile, the Paris-Nice route will be the next competition for the athlete from Cómbita. Nairo said at a virtual press conference this Tuesday, February 22, that he is very sad not to go to the next Giro d'Italia (a race he won in 2014), but he believes that the following year the conditions and the opportunity to participate in the competition will be given again.
For Nairo Alexander, wearing the pink maglia in the Italian race would be a brilliant opportunity to face the maturity of his sports career at the age of 32. Given the characteristics and conditions of Quintana as a climber, the priority at this time for him has to do with meeting the objectives of the team as such.
According to the Colombian, his team (Arkéa Samsic) will look for in events held in different countries the points needed to climb and earn the license that gives him a direct step to playing the UCI World Tour events:
We have years and opportunities yet to go. We decided to fight for those points in parallel races to the Giro d'Italia and to be able to do well the Tour de France and a good Vuelta a España. This year the objectives of the team take precedence
The Colombian trusted that he will be able to participate later in the Italian circuit, confirming that his ultimate goal is to win the Tour de France, the only race he lacks in his record. At the virtual press conference that he gave on February 22, Quintana stated that the Giro has a path that favors him after analyzing in detail the phases of the race.
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