The best Nairo Quintana returns to the Giro: “This second place is very good. I’m excited”

In this complicated time for Nairo Quintanacaught at the last minute of Movistar team for cycling and after the first few months of the campaign where everything happened to him, Covid and a serious fall in the last stage of Cycling Tour in Cataloniathere are those who do not quite understand his presence in the telephone equipment of Corsa Rosa.

From MD, we have promoted confidence in Nairo’s performance on the part of Movistar team It is absolute, that he will go from less to more and that he will end up doing a great Giro. In previous episodes we have seen a good version of Combita and this Sunday was placed by Nairo Colombia standing when he saw his idol fight for a victory on the queen’s stage of the Giro d’Italia against the new dominator of the peloton, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.

In the end, Nairo was unable to escape and he was caught two kilometers from the finish line, but the second place was like glory for the Colombian. “It has been a stage that I liked, with a lot of unevenness. For me it’s a great achievement, I’ve been saying this since the first day the Giro started and I hope to feel better. “We are on the right track,” he said in statements provided by his team.

And after a long time without fighting for victory, a veteran like Nairo couldn’t help but be excited. “I’m excited. It’s a shame that it didn’t finish first, Pogacar is very strong and solid as we knew. The important thing is that we work hard, we work well together as a team. I knew these last ramps were very difficult, but I emptied myself. Ultimately I have to regulate. This second place is great and I thank the team for getting me back into the competition.”

A 2nd place in Livigno which allows Quintana to be optimistic about the future. “We are going in the right direction. Today gives me a lot of morale and motivation for the rest of the Giro and the season,” he said. Nairo Quintana.