Nairo Quintana has ended the speculation regarding his future in the professional peloton. The diminutive Colombian climber will remain with Movistar Team for at least one more year it has been officially announced.
"Hello friends, I want to tell you that it's already the end of the season, but above all that it's a special moment for me because I want to tell you that I'm still with the Movistar Team skin for 2025. So let's enjoy as we have done this year, we hope it will be an even better year for us and see you on the road, see you on TV," commented a happy Nairo on the networks of the Movistar Team.
The 34-year-old climber is in his second spell at Movistar, after the one he spent between 2012 and 2019. That one was much more successful, when he was one of the most promising cyclists in the world. In the current one, he arrived in 2024 and his best result has been a second place in a stage of the Giro d'Italia.
He will share the team next year with three compatriots: Fernando Gaviria, Einer Rubio and the 19-year-old Diego Pescador. He is no longer the Nairo of a few seasons ago, fighting for the grand tours, but he can bring experience and wisdom to those who need it most. Also, as he showed in the last Giro, he can still catch a good breakaway on a mountain day and try to try to get a stage win. Especially if Tadej Pogacar is not in the race.
It has not been an easy 2024 for Nairo, with physical problems from the beginning, suffering Covid in the Tour Colombia. Then, a crash in the Volta and the Itzulia meant he couldn't prepare well for the Giro and another crash in Burgos meant he didn't arrive well at the Vuelta. Despite this, as we said, he was not bad in the Giro and in the Vuelta he worked as hard as he could for Enric Mas. If he continues with the same legs and the bad luck goes away, he can surely contribute much more.
✍️💙 Confirmamos la renovación de 🇨🇴 @NairoQuinCo para 2025. 🦅 El Cóndor de Cómbita sumará su décima temporada con la escuadra de Telefónica.
— Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) November 14, 2024
🗒️ Nota de prensa con declaraciones → https://t.co/FtxpKwdVbA#RodamosJuntos I @Telefonica I @MovistarCo pic.twitter.com/vNQJ0LLLJp
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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