Nairo Quintana

AFP discusses five takeaways from the season's final grand tour, the three-week race across Spain.

Under his new contract, the Colombian will ride for the Spanish team through the 2019 season.

Nairo Quintana takes a 1:23 lead into the Vuelta's final day, and he'll likely be crowned the overall winner in Madrid.

No matter happens Saturday, it’s been a tremendous Vuelta, and should be a fitting finale to what’s been a great race between Froome and Quintana.

Nairo Quintana faces two final Vuelta challenges: A flat time trial, and a brutal mountain stage. Can he fend off Chris Froome and win his first red jersey?

The Vuelta a España's stage 15 turned the race on its head. How did the race's strongmen fare?

Nairo Quintana's raid on stage 15 alongside Alberto Contador distanced Chris Froome. But did we think it would work?

Sunday's action-packed ride through the Pyrenees was a "was a beautiful stage for the fans," says Esteban Chaves

Brilliant tactics, the Spanish heat, some help from Alberto Contador — it all comes together to propel Nairo Quintana into a commanding lead at the Vuelta

Nairo Quintana made several attempts to drop Chris Froome on the slopes of the Aubisque climb, but he couldn't shake the Tour de France winner

On a hilly transition stage in the Vuelta, Team Sky make life a little harder for race leader Nairo Quintana and his Movistar team.

Can Quintana hold the lead? Is La Vuelta really that great? What can other grand tours learn from this crazy race? Let's roundtable!

On this week's The VeloNews Show, we examine the Vuelta a España's exciting stage 10.

Power meters create a controlled race and should not be allowed, the pair said at the Vuelta.

Quintana content to ride into Vuelta's first rest day with the red jersey, but he's wary of Froome, who lurks in third overall, riding conservatively.

After a quiet first week at the Vuelta, Nairo Quintana roars to life in stage 8

The Vuelta is the best grand tour of the year. Why? It's always exciting, due to the creative course, the unpredictable riders, and weakened teams.

The 2016 Vuelta a España kicks off Saturday in Ourense with a strong field of GC contenders.

Quintana finished fourth in the 2015 Vuelta and Valverde won the 2009 edition of the Spanish race.

From Sky's dominance to another impressive performance by Peter Sagan, AFP breaks down the 103rd Tour.

Team Colombia will be without star climber Nairo Quintana at the upcoming Rio Olympics

Third overall isn't quite what Nairo Quintana was hoping for at the start of the Tour de France, but he says he's content with the result

On a day that Nairo Quintana almost abandoned the Tour, the Colombian instead rides his way onto the podium with two days remaining.

After losing over one minute to Chris Froome in the Tour's uphill time trial, Nairo Quintana concedes that he'll have to race for a podium in Paris.

Time is running out for Quintana to be a factor in the overall at the Tour de France. Movistar admits its a very complicated proposition.

Chris Froome has a comfortable lead but nothing is guaranteed in the high mountains of the Alps.

Nairo Quintana contends that there have been few good opportunities to attack Froome, that he'll try to isolate the leader in the Alps.

Nairo Quintana has yet to make a race-changing move in this Tour, which leaves some wondering if he has the legs to do so.

The two-time winner held a lead of nearly 2 minutes entering Monday's stage 16.

Sergio Henao aims to deny his friend Nairo Quintana a first-ever Tour de France win

Nairo Quintana is nearly three minutes down on GC, but he's optimistic about his chances to reclaim time on Alpine terrain

Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué says Nairo Quintana grabbed hold of a wheel mounted on a neutral service moto to avoid crashing

Froome is happy to hold yellow after the Tour's first week. But Quintana and Movistar's strategy is to wait and attack in the final week.

Nairo Quintana says he's prepared to attack Froome at the Tour de France. But Sunday's Arcalis stage wasn't the right moment.

Multiple teams came to the Tour de France with more than one GC option, but potential conflicts have fizzled out.

Nairo Quintana seemed to be in good shape on Sunday, but for one reason or another, he didn't try to take attack Chris Froome

A momentary lapse costs Nairo Quintana 23 seconds in his quest for a first Tour de France title

The Movistar rider's steed sports a Campy Super Record EPS drivetrain.

Nairo Quintana hopes to avoid losing time to his rivals before the Tour de France hits the Pyrénées this weekend.

For 2016, Movistar is all-in to support Nairo Quintana's race for the yellow jersey. The Colombian says he is more relaxed than last year, ready for hectic first stages.

Nairo Quintana's story is woven with a mix of myth and incredible truth. The man who hopes to become South America's first Tour winner is a fascinating personality and a real talent.

"Nairo is the peloton’s best climber right now," says Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué

After breaking vertebrae in a February crash, Jonathan Castroviejo now wants to help Nairo Quintana in the Tour de France.

"I’ve improved a lot in the time trial," says Nairo Quintana after an overall win at the Route du Sud

Nairo Quintana's Tour de France prep at Route de Sud continues to hum along as he wins the time trial and takes GC lead.

Nairo Quintana delivered a surprise early attack in stage 1 of Route du Sud, and though he didn't win, the Colombian showed that his Tour form is on target.

The Colombian climber will tackle the Route du Sud starting Wednesday, a race he won in 2012, as he preps for the Tour de France.

While most of his rivals are riding in the Dauphine or Suisse, Nairo Quintana has been prepping himself for the Tour at home in Colombia

Nairo Quintana will skip the customary Tour tune-ups, Tour de Suisse and the Critérium du Dauphiné, to train in Colombia for the Grande Boucle.

If recent history is any indicator, Nairo Quintana's Tour de Romandie victory bodes well for his chances of winning in France this summer.

Nairo Quintana claims the overall lead at Switzerland's Tour of Romandie after the race's first uphill finish.

With Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador, and Chris Froome all at Volta a Catalunya, we have a clearer picture of how the top Tour riders compare.

Katusha's Alexey Tsatevich holds on to take the Volta a Catalunya's seventh stage from the breakaway as Nairo Quntana wraps up the overall title

De Gendt wins the day with a solo attack, while Quintana dispatches Contador with a blistering attack in the final kilometer of climbing.

Spain's oldest stage race has a sparkling start list, but we may see an outsider win the overall at the climbing-centric Volta a Catalunya.

Nairo Quintana believes a Tour de France win is attainable — though he isn't underestimating Chris Froome and the formidable Sky squad.

Between Nairo Quintana, Rigoberto Urán, and three others, Colombia has an embarrassment of riches in its Rio Olympics road race team.

The Colombian rider has twice finished second to two-time champion Chris Froome, but he hopes things will be different in 2016.

Dayer Quintana became a stage race threat by winning the Tour de San Luis

Italy's Jakub Mareczko beats teammate Elia Viviani to the line in the seventh and final stage of the Tour de San Luis

The best photos from the Tour de San Luis' stage 6

Astana's Lopez takes the stage win, but Dayer Quintana now leads the Tour de San Luis

Nairo Quintana has a busy 2016 season ahead, and it all starts in South America at Tour de San Luis.

Movistar's clothing sponsor Endura is creating a 3D model of Nairo Quintana to help design a skinsuit that will fit just right.

Movistar coach is confident that a yellow jersey is in Quintana's future as the Colombian anticipates steady improvement ahead.

Nairo Quintana and Fabio Aru both make strong cases to be named best climbers of 2015 — here are the arguments.

The Spanish squad will send Alejandro Valverde to the Giro d'Italia, the first time he's raced the Italian grand tour.

Contador's attempt this season is proof that winning in Italy and France in the same season is a tall challenge, says Mikel Zabala.

With a pair of stars at the helm and a very impressive supporting cast, Movistar is sticking to its proven recipe for success.

Nairo Quintana says the Olympic course in Rio de Janeiro suits him well.

Nairo Quintana is a perennial grand tour favorite, but he needs to improve his TT skills to contend for the 2016 Tour title.

Fabio Aru won a Spanish grand tour that was filled with crashes, abandonments, and an ejection.

Movistar ready for another crack at Chris Froome in 2016 Tour de France — "Quintana was truly the strongest in the mountains."

Four upcoming stages at the Vuelta a Espana will most likely decide who wins the overall title. Andrew Hood previews the action.

The two-time Tour de France runner-up is now more than 3 minutes out of first in the Spanish grand tour.

Stages 8 and 9 at the Vuelta saw a reshuffling of the GC standings, with crashes and a steep finale leaving their mark.

Quintana erased any doubts, and confirmed his Vuelta intentions with an attack in the opening stage that he's in Spain to win.

The Vuelta will be another big opportunity for Nairo Quintana to take on cycling's best on a grand tour stage

The Briton is aiming to become just the third rider in history to win both the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana in the same year.