Nairo Quintana

Spanish, British teams set furious pace to distance Contador, securing yellow and white, and opening the GC podium for their riders

Belkin rider loses time in the GC and nearly crashes close to the finish during the race against the clock

Contador, Rodriguez, and Valverde are hitting top form as the Tour heads into the high mountains

Live replay: Stage 15 of the 2013 Tour de France was a battle on Mont Ventoux

The soft-spoken Colombian climber finds himself in a leadership role as the mountains loom and could prove the surprise of the 2013 Tour

Valverde and Contador are poised to make a move this weekend in the Tour's first mountain test

Thirty-five riders are in the Best Young Rider competition entering Saturday's Tour start in Corsica

Is the lieutenant stronger than the captain? We'll see when Suisse champ Costa and Valverde tackle the Tour together

A 10-mile climb on his way home from school every day helped lay Quintana's foundation on the bike

Spanish team has one of the deepest squads entering the trio of races, starting with Sunday's Amstel Gold Race

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Nairo Quintana's País Vasco win is the most recent, and most resounding, mark of a new generation of Colombian escarabajos

The Colombian proves stronger than Porte in a rain-soaked final time trial to take the overall victory

Movistar teammates check out multiple climbs that will be featured early in the Tour

Movistar's young Colombian climber, and Alejandro Valverde's roommate, is aiming for his Tour debut after a Catalunya stage win

Movistar takes top two spots and the overall lead in the mountains of Catalunya

Evans chases Colombian to runner-up finish on the stage, but takes only seconds from race leader Wiggins

With Uran, Duarte and Quintana, Colombia is again on the rise

American Andrew Talansky is runner up in the final stage and overall at the Tour de l'Avenir as Colombian climber Nairo Quintana takes the title at the Race of the Future.