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“There is no life in him. The boy is going to die”: Nairo Quitana’s spiritual story

“There is no life in him. The boy is going to die”: Nairo Quitana’s spiritual story

“That is who we are.” We know Nairo Quintana was born in Colombia in 1990 but, as we discover in this extract from Matt Rendell’s...

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The column: Of Nairo Quintana and green shoots at the Tour de la Provence

The column: Of Nairo Quintana and green shoots at the Tour de la Provence

A re-Nairo-saissance? No, we don’t think that works either. Whether or not he’s returned to being a Grand Tour contender, at the Tour de la...

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The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)

The column: Considering the Tour de France wildcards (and the ones that missed out)

  This week it was announced that all the 2020 Tour de France wildcards have all gone to home teams. Favouritism? Or fair enough?

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The column: Go home transfer window, you’re drunk

The column: Go home transfer window, you’re drunk

Nairo Quintana to Arkea Samsic? Dan Martin to Israel Cycling? Elia Viviani to Cofidis? What on earth has been going on with the transfer window?

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 20

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 20

A mere 97km to go in the GC battle. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot… Yates, Valverde, Quintana, or a left field choice?

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Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 13

Top Mañana: Vuelta a España – stage 13

We are in accord with Moley tomorrow – unusually. Mollema, Kelderman, Kudus, Quintana or even J.Lo?

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Tour de France stage 17: good, bad and ugly

Tour de France stage 17: good, bad and ugly

Fast and furious racing, beautiful scenery, Sagan crashing, and Froome and Thomas involved in dramatic incidents. We were on the Col de Portet taking it...

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