28/10/2023

OFFICIAL: Nairo Quintana re-signs for Movistar Team

It is now official. After intial reports from El País, after an odyssey in the desert of more than a year Nairo Quintana has finally found a team and will return to race from 2024 in Movistar Team.

At 33 years old, he will return to the team with which he managed to win the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España and achieved 3 podiums in the Tour de France. In total, he achieved 40 wins between 2012 and 2019, the year he left for Arkéa Samsic.

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In the French team his level dropped, although he remained a very important rider and in fact was key to promotion to the WorldTour. However, a positive for tramadol in the 2022 Tour de France caused the renewal agreement he had signed to be cancelled and he did not find a team for 2023.

Now, after an odyssey in the desert, after seeing how all the teams for which his arrival was rumored discarded his signing, it seems that he will return 'home' as reported, we insist, from El País. Carlos Arribas has stated that Movistar Team is expected to make the official announcement this Saturday, this has now come.

The Movistar team was unable to secure the services of Carlos Rodríguez and has decided to rely on a rider who is no longer ready to win overall races but who can contribute many points in a WorldTour classification in which they are not overmatched. Nairo Quintana has not stopped repeating that he has been training all year and that he is ready to face any challenge next year.

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MOVISTAR TEAM 2024

CONFIRMED.

Alex Aranburu, Rubén Guerreiro, Oier Lazkano, Enric Mas, Vinícius Rangel, Iván Romeo, Sergio Samitier, Iván Sosa, Jorge Arcas, Will Barta, Iván García Cortina, Fernando Gaviria, Johan Jacobs, Gregor Mühlberger, Mathias Norsgaard, Nelson Oliveira, Antonio Pedrero, Einer Rubio, Gonzalo Serrano and Albert Torres.

TRANSFERS (official).

Pelayo Sánchez (Burgos BH), Remi Cavagna (Soudal), Davide Formolo (UAE), Manlio Moro (Zalf) and Javier Romo (Astana), Carlos Canal (Euskaltel), Jon Barrenetxea (Caja Rural).

RUNOURS (not confirmed).

Article written by Juan Larra (@MrGladbach)

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Confirmamos que @NairoQuinCo formará parte de la plantilla de #MovistarTeam2024.

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— Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) October 28, 2023