Nairo Quintana keep chasing the yellow dream in the Tower of Francia and keep training hard in his Colombia native awaiting his arrival in Europe. ‘Naironman’ will face what is his seventh participation in the ‘Big loop’ in his first year on the team Arkéa-Samsic and with the firm intention of returning to a podium that in the last three editions has resisted him, since he has not stepped on it since 2016, when he finished 3rd.
However, this year, the Colombian cyclist knows for at least three months given that he will be the clear leader of his team in the French round and that the second heavyweight of the Arkéa-Samsic, Warren Barguil, he is going to place himself at his command, just as he himself has indicated.
Being the teammate of someone who has the Tour de France podium on their legs doesn’t happen every day
In this sense, Hennebont’s teammate Nairo is one of the favorites for the final victory on the Tour. “For me there are four favorites, Nairo, Egan Berna
l, Primoz Roglic and Chris Froome“Noting that this is going to be” a very physical Tour de France in the third week. Diolewrá a lot ”, clarified ‘Le Télégramme’.
In this Gallic medium, when asked what his role was going to be, Barguil, who last year in the Tour de France was 10th, made it clear that it would not be a drag on Nairo Quintana’s aspirations. Quite the contrary: “At the beginning of the season, Nairo (Quintana) was the best climber in the world. No one could follow him. If you arrive at the beginning of the Tour in this condition, it will be normal to support it. For no other reason, I will be at your service. Being the teammate of someone who has the Tour de France podium on their legs doesn’t happen every day. I will not cry for my fate. I don’t mind doing the job. When you say thank you and I return the favor later, there is never a problem, ”he said.
