Photographer James Startt captured the peloton's ascent up Mont Ventoux during Saturday's third stage at le Tour de la Provence. Nairo Quintana was motivated to win for his new team, Arkea Samsic, and the Colombian did not disappoint.
Russian rider Aleksandr Vlasov of Astana won Friday's stage 2 at le Tour de la Provence, which took in a series of picturesque climbs along the Mediterranean coast before the summit finish to La Ciotat. Photographer James Startt was there to capture the early-season action.
With the exit of three of its marquee riders and signing of a host of rookies, the Spanish team faces a transitional season in 2020.
The 2019 Tour de France winner crashed, chased back onto the lead group and sprinted to second place, ahead of Daniel Martinez.
Movistar boss reveals how the team lost faith in the Colombian's ability to win grand tours, but vows to rebuild for future around Mas, Soler.
The Colombian star was feeling nostalgic as he is set to begin the next decade with a new team and new challenges to reassert himself.
Nairo Quintana will follow his French Arkea-Samsic's team wishes in early season and race Paris-Nice and the Ardennes Classics, rather than the Colombia Tour.
Quintana eyes Tour for 2020, but first his new second-tier team will need to secure a wildcard invite.
Despite the Colombian's new team Arkéa-Samsic not deemed eligible for a WorldTour license, Quintana confident he will line up in France.
After bubbling below the surface all season, Mas secures a season-closing win to carry much-needed momentum in 2020
South America's fast-growing stage race will trace the home regions of Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal with a route ending at nearly 11,000 feet
Latest climbing stage at the Vuelta is reminiscent of the decisive stage in 2015 when Tom Dumoulin crumbled. Could Primoz Roglic suffer a similar fate?
Wednesday's stage of the Vuelta a Espana was supposed to be easy. Then, gusting crosswinds and aggressive tactics transformed it into the hardest day of the 2019 race.
Crosswinds created havoc at the Vuelta a España as a 50-man breakaway gained valuable time, vaulting Nairo Quintana back into contention.
Movistar duo Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde vowed to keep fighting after they were dropped on the Los Machucos climb. Time is running out at this Vuelta for Movistar to dethrone leader Primoz Roglic.
Primoz Roglic won the time trial and took a commanding lead in the GC on the Vuelta's 10th stage.
Movistar rallied around Quintana's GC run a day after Marc Soler showed frustration with team tactics.
Nairo Quintana has signed a three-year deal with the French Arkéa–Samsic team.
Nairo Quintana came second on the stage to take the red jersey, while Roglic withstood a barrage of attacks to take third on the day and second overall. López crashed late in the stage and drops to third on the GC.
A brutal eight days of racing has trimmed the GC field to a foursome and left a weary peloton in its wake
In a race expected to be dominated by Colombians, the Irish pair of Roche and Bennett reminded everyone of the island's pedigree
Hot off third at the Giro d'Italia, Primoz Roglic may be one of the favorites to win the Vuelta a España. The Slovenian, however, doesn't see it that way.
Nairo Quintana won't be grumbling about sharing leadership duties following Carapaz's late-hour exit from the Vuelta
Richard Carapaz has withdrawn from the Vuelta a España due to injuries suffered in a crash on Sunday.
A swarm of riders from North and South America are expected to dominate the Vuelta across all terrain
The season's final grand tour often comes down to who has the legs and motivation — there is no lack of candidates for the overall in 2019
Often overshadowed by his older brother, Dayer looks forward to racing alongside Nairo in 2020.
The five-day Burgos tour is a good indicator of who is on winning form going into the Vuelta later in August
The Colombia superstar suggests his impending team change will bring him more support than he received at Movistar
Reports of Bjarne Riis's return make waves as teams and the UCI huddle to create WorldTour road map for 2020
Despite some key names missing, Vuelta officials are hopeful the race will pack the same punch that fans have grown accustomed to
A string of high-profile departures leaves Movistar desperate to shore up its grand tour options leading into 2020
Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali, and Tom Dumoulin are just a few of the big names that will switch teams after 2019.
Latin American riders could match the UK sweep of all three grand tours this year, setting up a new Ineos era of domination
The Colombian superstar was humble in congratulating Bernal for making history, but vows to keep fighting for his own shot at yellow.
Weather turned the Tour de France upside Friday and not in ways that will please anyone. But, as Andrew Hood writes, that's simply part of the sport.
Movistar played chess high in the Alps on Thursday and came up big with a stage victory for Quintana at the expense of Landa
The Colombian climber won alone, out-climbing his breakaway companions. Alaphilippe cracked, but regained the GC group on the descent in dramatic fashion.
The Australian sprinter launched at the perfect moment to capture his second stage win of this Tour. In the GC battle, Fuglsang crashed and abandoned.
Movistar manager confirmed rumors that both Carapaz and Quintana will be leaving the Spanish team next season.
Australian journalist Rupert Guinness speaks with five international colleagues about the Tour thus far, the biggest stories in each journalist's home country, and how the race will play out in the final week.
Movistar threw everything at the Tourmalet on Saturday only to see its GC hopes dissolve and the stage victory escape
Did Saturday's battle on the Col du Tourmalet live up to the hype? Which GC riders excelled and fell back in the Tour's first summit finish?
Despite a promising first week, hopes of a tightly bound GC battle have succumbed to the suffocating dominance of Team Ineos.
A touch of wheels sent Mikel Landa to the ground as the peloton broke into echelons. The Basque favorite ended up losing important time.
With Landa and Quintana showing signs of life, Movistar enters the second week of the Tour de France with growing confidence.
The Tour de France's general classification battle has taken shape after Thursday's summit finish atop La Planche des Belles Filles
Movistar is under pressure to perform in Thursday's first mountain stage in a Tour route that favors the team's fleet of climbers
Believing 2019 to be its best shot at winning the Tour de France, Movistar will back Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa
Despite a bumpy ride last year, Movistar is packing all of its firepower into the Tour with hope of dislodging Ineos and Chris Froome
Landa, Carapaz and Quintana have all been linked with moves to rival teams
The two Colombian stars are at different stages of their careers, and they'll face off this weekend on a relatively unknown climb in France.
Movistar's Nairo Quintana will make his European season debut at Paris-Nice Sunday alongside defending champ Marc Soler.
Quintana powered past younger rivals as they played cat and mouse in closing phases of the stage.
Nairo Quintana continues search for an answer to Team Sky, and he is unsure if he will remain Movistar's key leader for Tour de France.
The Vuelta a San Juan kicked off Sunday, and Fernando Gaviria and Julian Alaphilippe won the first two stages.
The pressure is on these five star riders to claim signature victories in 2019. They all had rocky rides last season amid high expectations.
Quintana starting season in Argentina before likely starts at Tour of Colombia and Paris-Nice.
After experimenting with a three-pronged approach in 2018, the Spanish team will revert to a singular focus next summer.
With less recovery time between the Giro and Tour in 2019, it is unlikely any heavy hitters will try to win the overall in both.
We hear from Andrew Hood about Movistar's first team camp. Can Quintana turn it around in 2019? Plus, Katie Compton talks 'cross.
The Colombian says he's not in favor of having multiple riders vying for the same win within Movistar, which was the case in the 2018 Tour.
The Spanish duo struggled this season at the French grand tour, but they'll return next year for another run.
The 28-year-old continues to strive for a yellow jersey despite a rough and tumble 2018.
Despite bringing a strong cast of climbers to Innsbruck world championships, the Colombians cannot crack the top-10 on a mountainous course.
Colombia counts a number of potential winners among its strong worlds lineup
The Spanish team fell short of its goals to place at least one rider on the podium, although it won two stages and the team prize.
Once a climbing superstar expected to win the Tour de France, Nairo Quintana comes up short again, this time at the Vuelta.
Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana were second and third in the Vuelta entering Tuesday's time trial.
In the last decade, cycling's WorldTour has experienced a resurgence of Colombian talent. Why?
The Vuelta GC is coming down to a matter of seconds with one week of mountainous racing remaining. What can we expect?
Movistar lets race slip away on stage 14 due to miscalculations on final climb. Nairo Quintana loses time in overall.
Starting the Vuelta as the outright favorite, Nairo Quintana steps up and starts showing winning form on La Camperona in stage 13.
With its two key climbers only seconds out of the overall lead, Movistar is looking like the team to beat at the Vuelta.
Movistar did not land either of its three GC riders onto the Tour de France podium, so it will try the same tactic at the Vuelta a Espana.
Movistar and its star climber Nairo Quintana were hoping to raid stage 19, but a crash has complicated matters.
After a demoralizing two weeks of racing at the Tour de France, Nairo Quintana gets redemption with stage 17 win.
Nairo Quintana said he would welcome rivals Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin paying for their efforts in the Giro d'Italia as he looks to relaunch his Tour de France bid in the Pyrenees.
It wasn’t a win, but it sure felt like one. There were plenty of smiles, high-fives, and hugs around the Movistar bus after riders survived a Sunday in hell.
Although Movistar was well off the pace of BMC and Team Sky, Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa are still in the hunt.