Nairo Quintana

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Movistar played chess high in the Alps on Thursday and came up big with a stage victory for Quintana at the expense of Landa

The Colombian climber won alone, out-climbing his breakaway companions. Alaphilippe cracked, but regained the GC group on the descent in dramatic fashion.

The Australian sprinter launched at the perfect moment to capture his second stage win of this Tour. In the GC battle, Fuglsang crashed and abandoned.

Movistar manager confirmed rumors that both Carapaz and Quintana will be leaving the Spanish team next season.

Australian journalist Rupert Guinness speaks with five international colleagues about the Tour thus far, the biggest stories in each journalist's home country, and how the race will play out in the final week.

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Movistar threw everything at the Tourmalet on Saturday only to see its GC hopes dissolve and the stage victory escape

Did Saturday's battle on the Col du Tourmalet live up to the hype? Which GC riders excelled and fell back in the Tour's first summit finish?

Despite a promising first week, hopes of a tightly bound GC battle have succumbed to the suffocating dominance of Team Ineos.

A touch of wheels sent Mikel Landa to the ground as the peloton broke into echelons. The Basque favorite ended up losing important time.

With Landa and Quintana showing signs of life, Movistar enters the second week of the Tour de France with growing confidence.

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The Tour de France's general classification battle has taken shape after Thursday's summit finish atop La Planche des Belles Filles

Movistar is under pressure to perform in Thursday's first mountain stage in a Tour route that favors the team's fleet of climbers

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Believing 2019 to be its best shot at winning the Tour de France, Movistar will back Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa

Despite a bumpy ride last year, Movistar is packing all of its firepower into the Tour with hope of dislodging Ineos and Chris Froome

Landa, Carapaz and Quintana have all been linked with moves to rival teams

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The two Colombian stars are at different stages of their careers, and they'll face off this weekend on a relatively unknown climb in France.

Movistar's Nairo Quintana will make his European season debut at Paris-Nice Sunday alongside defending champ Marc Soler.

Quintana powered past younger rivals as they played cat and mouse in closing phases of the stage.

Nairo Quintana continues search for an answer to Team Sky, and he is unsure if he will remain Movistar's key leader for Tour de France.

The Vuelta a San Juan kicked off Sunday, and Fernando Gaviria and Julian Alaphilippe won the first two stages.

The pressure is on these five star riders to claim signature victories in 2019. They all had rocky rides last season amid high expectations.

Quintana starting season in Argentina before likely starts at Tour of Colombia and Paris-Nice.

After experimenting with a three-pronged approach in 2018, the Spanish team will revert to a singular focus next summer.

With less recovery time between the Giro and Tour in 2019, it is unlikely any heavy hitters will try to win the overall in both.

We hear from Andrew Hood about Movistar's first team camp. Can Quintana turn it around in 2019? Plus, Katie Compton talks 'cross.

The Colombian says he's not in favor of having multiple riders vying for the same win within Movistar, which was the case in the 2018 Tour.

The Spanish duo struggled this season at the French grand tour, but they'll return next year for another run.

The 28-year-old continues to strive for a yellow jersey despite a rough and tumble 2018.

Despite bringing a strong cast of climbers to Innsbruck world championships, the Colombians cannot crack the top-10 on a mountainous course.

Colombia counts a number of potential winners among its strong worlds lineup

The Spanish team fell short of its goals to place at least one rider on the podium, although it won two stages and the team prize.

Once a climbing superstar expected to win the Tour de France, Nairo Quintana comes up short again, this time at the Vuelta.

Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana were second and third in the Vuelta entering Tuesday's time trial.

In the last decade, cycling's WorldTour has experienced a resurgence of Colombian talent. Why?

The Vuelta GC is coming down to a matter of seconds with one week of mountainous racing remaining. What can we expect?

Movistar lets race slip away on stage 14 due to miscalculations on final climb. Nairo Quintana loses time in overall.

Starting the Vuelta as the outright favorite, Nairo Quintana steps up and starts showing winning form on La Camperona in stage 13.

With its two key climbers only seconds out of the overall lead, Movistar is looking like the team to beat at the Vuelta.

Movistar did not land either of its three GC riders onto the Tour de France podium, so it will try the same tactic at the Vuelta a Espana.

Movistar and its star climber Nairo Quintana were hoping to raid stage 19, but a crash has complicated matters.

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After a demoralizing two weeks of racing at the Tour de France, Nairo Quintana gets redemption with stage 17 win.

Nairo Quintana said he would welcome rivals Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin paying for their efforts in the Giro d'Italia as he looks to relaunch his Tour de France bid in the Pyrenees.

It wasn’t a win, but it sure felt like one. There were plenty of smiles, high-fives, and hugs around the Movistar bus after riders survived a Sunday in hell.

Although Movistar was well off the pace of BMC and Team Sky, Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa are still in the hunt.

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Movistar's three-headed GC monster got a lot more interesting following Nairo Quintana's ill-timed flat on Saturday.

Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana are both bona-fide Grand Tour winners. Do they have what it takes to beat Chris Froome?

Movistar team backs Nairo Quintana for Tour de France GC with Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa.

Movistar's three Tour de France GC leaders promise harmony. The unconventional approach could lead to strife ... or success.

The Movistar co-captain is among a trio of riders who will lead the team at the French grand tour.

GC trio will count on a balanced lineup for both flat and mountain stages

Movistar's Tour leaders are staying diplomatic ahead of the Tour de France

The squad will take an unconventional, three-pronged approach at the upcoming Tour de France.

Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué said there are a half dozen or more riders who could don the yellow jersey without Froome in the race.

The Colombian said his squad is betting on Chris Froome being tired after his Giro d'Italia win.

Now that Mikel Landa has joined Movistar, will he, Alejandro Valverde, or Nairo Quintana be the chosen leader to take on the Tour?

Multiple GC favorites are racing on the cobblestones this year. How should we rate them?

More Tour de France GC riders are signing up to race on cobblestones, this time in Wednesday's Dwars door Vlaanderen.

News Roundup: Gerrans out of Sanremo; Quintana decries use of his image in politics; van Aert recons De Ronde; prospect Hodeg wins Handzame Classic

After riding in support of top riders for years, Mikel Landa is now at Movistar — and will continue to be the second option for yellow.

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Stage 9 of the French grand tour will feature more than 21km of pave borrowed from the Paris-Roubaix route.

Colombia’s star cyclists have the platform and the voice to enact real change and tamp out doping in their home country.

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The signing of Mikel Landa will not change the fact that Nairo Quintana is the team's top rider, Eusebio Unzué said.

In the gap between Nairo and Narcos lies the real Colombia, a nation of massive climbs and perfect coffee that condemns any visitor to a lifetime of nostalgia.

Nairo Quintana is all-in to win the Tour de France in 2018 and for now, has embraced Team Movistar's new signee, Mikel Landa.

The Spanish-based squad is throwing everything it has at winning the Tour de France next season.

With the 2018 WorldTour opener a little more than a month away, riders' grand tour plans for next season are starting to trickle out.

After trading barbs in the media last month, Mikel Landa and Nairo Quintana have buried the hatchet, at least for now.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) will start his 2018 campaign in his home country of Colombia and the fans are sure to be out in droves.