Nairo Quintana

Nairo Quintana is a racing cyclist who is currently riding for the Movistar Team. He is nicknamed Nairoman and "El Condor 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, He is also a decent time trialist, making him a consistent contender for general classification at stage races. His best career results are winning the 2014 Giro d'Italia and 2016 Vuelta a España, as well as a 2nd place overall in the Tour de France of 2013 and 2015.

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.

Born in Cómbita, 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 schoo and to travel from village to village to sell fruit and vegetables. At the age of 15 he was hit by a taxi whilst riding, leaving him in a coma for five days. Despite this, his father, a cycling fan, recognized Nairo's potential and spent 300,000 Colombian pesos on a racing bike to see if Nairo could make a career in the sport.