"Some people like me and others don't" - Nairo Quintana reacts to Luke Rowe & Geraint Thomas calling him 'A little f*cking rat'
CyclingThursday, 25 April 2024 at 10:49
The start of the 2024 season saw the return of Nairo Quintana to the WorldTour with Movistar Team. However, this return was not well received by some riders in the peloton, as is the case of INEOS Grenadiers duo, Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe.
On their 'Watts Occurring' podcast, the Welsh pair called the Colombian "a little fucking rat" and claimed "he shouldn't be racing," after Quintana's ban last year for tramadol use. At a press conference in Bogota during the presentation of the Gran Fondo that bears his name, which will be held from June 28-30, Quintana responded to those comments.
"I am aware that some people like me and others don't. I have done very nice things for my country and that is what should fill my heart. I must move forward like the deaf frog that leaves a moral, going after the goals I want and with my chest full of pride knowing what I am and where I'm from. That's what fills me with joy," said Nairo Quintana, distancing himself from the controversy and focusing on himself and on improving for the goals that lie ahead.
Quintana's next big stop on the calendar is the Giro d'Italia. The Colombian rider has admitted that he will not arrive "in the best conditions", and that he will be looking to hunt mountain stages instead of competing for the general classification. With this, he hopes to gain enough confidence and fitness for a Vuelta a Espana where he will also be, and where he is expected to be one of the riders to follow, and we'll see if for the overall win. Everything will depend on his physical condition.
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Wow, thought people done with this conversation...
If Thomas is completely clean and innocent around the sky dodgy quack and the Wiggins package I’ll eat my hat. Not a fan of Thomas at all find him exceptionally boring - Quintana any day. Great statement by Niaro making the sky boys look pricks
Were they wrong?
Didn't Team Sky practically no longer around? It's Ineos, now. So...
Remember Bradley down hill? Tramadol in that team was a routine
Yikes! I wonder, if they actually use Medonium and Roxadustat, as both are blood agents...
But, most of those guys are gone, right? Wiggins retired ages ago.
Yes he was retired long time ago
Give some guys a podcast and they feel need to be a$$holes ! What kind of magic potion were you guys on at Sky ?
If there's someone who doesn't have the right to call others rats in the peloton it is the Sky guys
Why?
They were the first to use tramadol... Google "Michael Barry: 'I used Tramadol at Sky'"...
"Former Team Sky rider Michael Barry described being prescribed Tramadol to use in competition while racing for Team Sky" , "British team doesn't refute Barry's drug claim, but says it has had a policy to avoid Tramadol for two years" ...G was there... Also Google "Richard Freeman", the scapegoat for that!
⬆️ Or even better search it through Wikipedia. One of the best places for nerds
I wonder about that myself🤔. Bullying is definitely not fun
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