Nairo Quintana

Movistar's three-headed GC monster got a lot more interesting following Nairo Quintana's ill-timed flat on Saturday.

Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana are both bona-fide Grand Tour winners. Do they have what it takes to beat Chris Froome?

Movistar team backs Nairo Quintana for Tour de France GC with Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa.

Movistar's three Tour de France GC leaders promise harmony. The unconventional approach could lead to strife ... or success.

The Movistar co-captain is among a trio of riders who will lead the team at the French grand tour.

GC trio will count on a balanced lineup for both flat and mountain stages

Movistar's Tour leaders are staying diplomatic ahead of the Tour de France

The squad will take an unconventional, three-pronged approach at the upcoming Tour de France.

Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué said there are a half dozen or more riders who could don the yellow jersey without Froome in the race.

The Colombian said his squad is betting on Chris Froome being tired after his Giro d'Italia win.

Now that Mikel Landa has joined Movistar, will he, Alejandro Valverde, or Nairo Quintana be the chosen leader to take on the Tour?

Multiple GC favorites are racing on the cobblestones this year. How should we rate them?

More Tour de France GC riders are signing up to race on cobblestones, this time in Wednesday's Dwars door Vlaanderen.

News Roundup: Gerrans out of Sanremo; Quintana decries use of his image in politics; van Aert recons De Ronde; prospect Hodeg wins Handzame Classic

After riding in support of top riders for years, Mikel Landa is now at Movistar — and will continue to be the second option for yellow.

Stage 9 of the French grand tour will feature more than 21km of pave borrowed from the Paris-Roubaix route.

Colombia’s star cyclists have the platform and the voice to enact real change and tamp out doping in their home country.

The signing of Mikel Landa will not change the fact that Nairo Quintana is the team's top rider, Eusebio Unzué said.

Nairo Quintana is all-in to win the Tour de France in 2018 and for now, has embraced Team Movistar's new signee, Mikel Landa.

The Spanish-based squad is throwing everything it has at winning the Tour de France next season.

With the 2018 WorldTour opener a little more than a month away, riders' grand tour plans for next season are starting to trickle out.

After trading barbs in the media last month, Mikel Landa and Nairo Quintana have buried the hatchet, at least for now.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) will start his 2018 campaign in his home country of Colombia and the fans are sure to be out in droves.

The 2018 season hasn't even started and there are already questions about who's the man of the house at Movistar.

Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa are speaking their mind in separate interviews and don't appear to be on the same page.

The Colombian said the route for the French grand tour suits his riding style.

With the Tour de France concluding in a few days, news about potential rider transfers is heating up.

Nairo Quintana seems to have picked the wrong year to attempt the Giro-Tour double with Chris Froome looking vulnerable.

Nairo Quintana admits that he's too far off the leading pace to challenge for the yellow jersey in the final week of the Tour.

Nairo Quintana rues his attempt at the Giro-Tour double after tumbling down the Tour de France overall standings in stage 12.

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Team Movistar's two-pronged plan to attack Sky's Chris Froome "vanished" as quickly as the 2017 Tour de France began.

Movistar and Nairo Quintana knows that aggressive racing could win the Tour, but no one knows how the unusual route will play out.

The Movistar rider has not raced since his runner-up performance in the Giro d'Italia, but his coach said his power numbers are solid.

The Movistar rider is among the favorites to win the yellow jersey in France, but his ride to the podium won't be easy.

Nairo Quintana is the latest rider to come up short of achieving the near-impossible Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double.

Andrew Hood looks back at three weeks of racing through Italy and comes up with his five main takeaways from the race.

Nairo Quintana wishes he had a bigger cushion on time trial ace Tom Dumoulin ahead of the Giro's final stage in Milano.

Nairo Quintana knows he'll need a solid lead in the Giro's overall classification before Sunday's final time trial.

Thursday's stage 18 contains five climbs and could potentially shake up the GC standings.

A second maglia rosa suddenly looks much more realistic for Nairo Quintana than it did Tuesday morning.

The Colombian is targeting the climbs in the Giro d'Italia this week as the race makes its final push toward the finish in Milan.

With the Giro's Milan finish days away, the climbers in the peloton must make up some time on race leader and TT specialist Tom Dumoulin.

Nairo Quintana averted disaster in a late-race crash Sunday, and bounced back to take a finish-line time bonus on Giro's 15th stage.

Will Nairo Quintana once again fall short in a grand tour against a superior time trialist who can climb?

Nairo Quintana's Movistar team says that Tom Dumoulin is likely to take the pink jersey in the Giro's stage 10 time trial.

Nairo Quintana's rivals licking their chops over Giro d'Italia's stage 10 time trial, likely their best chance to take the pink jersey.

Will Team Sky try to make the Giro d’Italia so hard that Nairo Quintana will be worn out for July’s Tour de France?

Nairo Quintana's strategy is to ride the Giro d'Italia conservatively so he can save energy for the Tour de France in July.

Top Giro d'Italia favorites Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana are steeling themselves for the race's first mountaintop test, the Etna volcano.

Nairo Quintana enters the Giro d'Italia as an outright favorite to win. He says the climb of Mount Etna, early in the race will be important.

Nairo Quintana will attempt the elusive Giro-Tour double in 2017. Here's why it is so difficult to win two grand tours in a row.

Nairo Quintana re-tools his training program for a run at the elusive Giro-Tour double, and he's confident with the Giro only a week away.

Colombia's Nairo Quintana claims his second title at the Tirreno-Adriatico while Australian Rohan Dennis wins stage 7 time trial.

Paris-Nice wraps with thrilling final attack by Contador. Tirreno-Adriatico sees Quintana thump the climbers. What did we learn from these races?

Reigning two-time world champion Peter Sagan racks up another stage win in Tirreno as Nairo Quintana holds on to overall lead.

Nairo Quintana set to return home following Tirreno for "calm" approach towards the Giro d'Italia/Tour de France double attempt this year.

Nairo Quintana returns to Terminillo the victor of stage 4 two years after taking the same summit en route to Tirreno-Adriatico win in 2015.

Nairo Quintana gained time and garnered respect with sensational solo win on stage 4 to take overall lead over rivals at Tirreno-Adriatico.

Colombian Nairo Quintana pulled on the leader's blue jersey after solo finish to win the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday.

The "Race of the Two Seas" kicks off Wednesday with a team time trial and runs through March 14.

The Colombian is gearing up for an attempt to win both the pink (Giro d'Italia) and yellow (Tour de France) jerseys this season.

Tactics worked against Nairo Quintana on Saturday in the Abu Dhabi Tour, but he appears the sharpest of the stars with the Giro in sight.

Giuseppe Martinelli directed Marco Pantani to his double in 1998 and said Nairo Quintana has the talent to pull it off.

Andrew Hood breaks down Nairo Quintana's Giro-Tour plans, which come on the heels of his strong performance at the Volta a Valenciana.

Nairo Quintana made the perfect start to a daunting season as the Colombian survived the elements to win the Tour of Valencia on Sunday.

Nairo Quintana stormed to victory on the fourth stage of the Tour of Valencia and the overall lead on Saturday.

We discuss whether Quintana's Giro/Tour double attempt is going to work, get a sneak peak at new Dura-Ace Di2, and talk to Brad Huff.

Nairo Quintana will attempt to win the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France this year, a rare feat only seven riders have accomplished.

Nairo Quintana knows the Giro-Tour double will be a supreme challenge but says he's often strongest in his second grand tour of the season.

The Colombian and his Movistar team believe the feat is a realistic undertaking for the two-time grand tour winner.

Vuelta winner Nairo Quintana set to vie for a second Giro d'Italia crown and his first Tour de France title next year.

Nairo Quintana is resolute in his plan to win the Tour de France. With Movistar focused on that goal as well, the dream may come true soon.

Sport director and manager Eusebio Unzué says sooner or later, Nairo Quintana will win the elusive yellow jersey.

The Colombian still wants to win the yellow jersey, but the prospect of racing on the exciting 2017 Giro route is enticing.

The Colombian won the Italian grand tour in 2014 but has yet to win the Tour de France.

What did Nairo Quintana learn from his Vuelta a España victory? Is Chris Froome strong enough to win two grand tours in a year? All that and more on this week's The VeloNews Show.

Nairo Quintana became the first Colombian in history to win both the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España. Now he dreams of claiming the Tour de France.

What lessons did Nairo Quintana and Chris Froome learn from this year's Vuelta a España? What will we remember from this year's race?