📊 Ciclistas de COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 en activo con más etapas en las 7 Grandes Vueltas por etapas de 1 semana: 🔹Nairo Quintana* | 8 🔹Rigoberto Uran y FERNANDO GAVIRIA | 3 🔹Egan Bernal, Sergio Higuita, Dani Martínez y Esteban Chaves | 2
Nairo Quintana does not give up: "Nairo is eager, Nairo is well, let's hope there will be Nairo for a while".
CyclingWednesday, 03 May 2023 at 15:00
The RCN channel in Colombia broadcast a documentary on the figure of Nairo Quintana in which the rider talked about the bad times he is going through for not having a WorldTour team to compete this season after being sanctioned in the last Tour de France for testing positive for tramadol. In statements collected by Antena 2, he thanked the Colombian fans for their unwavering support all this time:
"When I was on my way to Bucaramanga, the manager and the president of the Federation called me and told me: 'Here are all your fans waiting for you, they came for you'. When I arrived there were a lot of people and I was very surprised, very happy. It was something special for me."
Read also
The winner of the Vuelta a España and the Giro d'Italia explains that the fans have always been the ones who have been with him in difficult moments and that is why on many occasions he has not raced for himself, but for his country:
"Throughout my career I have won many awards, I have suffered a lot and I have always said that the greatest prize I have achieved is the support of my people. In this difficult moment, where we have gone through bad times, there is that support that for years I have given back to them. I thank all my fans. Many times I have not pedaled for me, but for my country".
Read also
He concluded by recalling the tears of the Colombian championship, his last race, and made it clear that he continues with his goal of finding a team this year in the elite despite all the difficulties".
"Those tears were the expression of 'thanks for the thanks'. It was very nice, I cried and images still come to my mind. To all the Colombians who have given me their affection and love, thank you very much. Nairo is willing, Nairo is well, let's hope there will be Nairo for a long time".
claps 0visitors 163
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- And your point is what exactly?vappaxbipmv22-12-2024
- MVDP dominates this sport even more than Pogaçar dominates road racing. Also he can beat Tadej on the road quite regularly, the opposite is unlikely.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- If you listen to team radios you'll hear each DS telling their riders to ride faster, fight their way to the front, and all occupy the same 8 places.Sweep22-12-2024
- You're talking about a sport where equipment and clothing is measured in grams.Sweep22-12-2024
- “During a TT, I am basically blind”. That was his quote after crashing into the barriers in a TT. The problem isn’t the UCI, radios or air bags. The problem is the riders and their teams.JoeyB22-12-2024
- I think you overestimate scientific knowledge and for sure the spreading of it. There are huge numbers of people in similar situations, if there were an easy solution somebody would be making big money out of it. Nerve pain can have many complex origins or be due to complex combinations of reasons. Even if you discover a reason there is not always a solution. Migraines haven’t been solved either. I have had lower back/hip nerve pains on and off for over 30 years, no kind of doctor has ever found a way to reduce, prevent or solve the problem. It may just be that some people are born with nerves that are too short or get twisted out of position during certain movements.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- Amazing ride by her and very promising for her future. On a side note, it’s a bit worrying all these wins riders have after emotional moments in their lives, someone will come up with emotional doping at some point. Maybe give them fake news just before a big race to get hormones pumping.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- I doubt he will have the energy to do that if he continues to do leadout for Phillipsenabstractengineer22-12-2024
- I know several people who’ve tried contacting sport airbag manufacturers and none of them ever got a reply. Might be hard to organise anything with such attitudes.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- It's the BBC. Who cares outside of little Britain.leodis22-12-2024