Nairo Quintana would go to the Giro d'Italia after a torn ligament

Nairo Quintana suffered a torn ligament in his right arm, he will not be in the Alps Tour and questions his participation in the Italy spinwhich will begin on May 4, although the injury is expected to evolve so that he is on the starting line.

The Movistar team reported the news on its social networks by noting that Quintana “suffers a practically complete tear of the anterior sterno-clavicular ligament in his right arm.”

What the doctor says

The man from Boyacá withdrew on March 24 from the Vuelta Ciclista a Catalunya in which he suffered a fall in the last stage held through the streets of Barcelona, ​​but the bad news about his state of health was not known.

The rider from Boyacá is in Colombia, recovering from the injury and hopes that everything goes well so that he can take part in the Italian event, which he won in 2014.

“If they operate on him, that should be ideal, because the recovery will be faster and it would be easier for him to be in the Giro,” Javier Rodríguez, NU team doctor, told EL TIEMPO.

Quintana has only 29 days to get out of this problem and line up with his team in the Giro, a test he will go to as leader of the squad.

“If they leave it alone with immobilization, the start-up can be delayed longer. The Giro is a month away from starting and it is difficult for it to arrive in its best conditions, that is clear”said Rodríguez.

The Colombian's year has not been good. At the cycling nationals in Boyacá did not get on the podium, in the Colombia Tour He finished 21 and days later he announced that he tested positive for covid-19.

Due to the above, he could not debut in Europe in O Great Roadso the calendar changed and he went to Catalonia, a test in which he fell.

Now, he is fighting against time to be able to go to the Giro, but the reality is that if he manages to get there, which is the safest thing, he will not be in the best conditions.

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