"He is among the favorites overall except for Pogacar" - Nairo Quintana happy to support Einer Rubio to top of the GC standings at Giro d'Italia

Nairo Quintana spoke on his Instagram channel after the second stage of the Giro d'Italia in which Movistar Team managed once again to have well guarded an Einer Rubio who for the second consecutive day managed to enter among the favorites to the finish line and is fifth in the overall standings.

Nairo, who lost a few minutes, explained that today they are going to work with Fernando Gaviria to try to fight for the win in the first flat finish of the race and that as far as he is concerned what he wants is to continue accumulating kilometers to be able to get in the right shape to fight for stage victories:

"These two days we have completed important objectives such as taking Einer ahead, he is among the favorites overall except for Pogacar who is a little ahead which was expected," the Colombian said after yesterday's finish, happy with Movistar's opening performances in the race.

"Tomorrow we have a sprint stage for Fernando, let's hope to be there on the podium and work hard for him. We have a few days left for me to keep riding and keep getting into a good rhythm and get the good feeling we want to start moving," he concluded.