Nairo Quintana was second, this Wednesday, in stage 11 of the Tour de France, disputed between Albertville and Col du Granon, of 151 kilometers, won by Jonas Vingegaard, new leader.
It was a hard day but Quintana was once again the leading cyclist of the Tour, a race in which he had not been a figure since 2019when he won the 208-kilometre stage between Embrun and Valloire, his last great feat.
(Nairo Quintana, tremendous stage, 15 s from the podium of the Tour de France)
(Tour de France 2022: classifications, after stage 11)
Nairo fell into a pothole in the big ones and now dreams of the podium of the Tour, five years after finishing second in the Giro d’Italia in 2017, when Tom Dumoulin won it.
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Quintana forged his history in the Tour in 2013, when he was second, he was the best young man and, in addition, he won the stage between Annecy and Le Semnoz, of 125 kilometers.
He was not there the following year, he went to the Giro and won it, but he returned to the Tour in 2015 and although he defeated him Chris Froome, well, he was, again, second.
In 2016 he was also the protagonist. The current leader of the Arkea-Samsic team, that time at Movistar, came with the idea of going for the title.
could not, that year Chris Froome beat him again and was overtaken in the general, also by Romain Bardet. On that occasion Nairo finished third in the general classification.
In 2018 he returned to the Tour and won the fraction of 65 kilometers between Bagnères-de-Luchon and Saint-Lary-Soulan, short, with a lot of mountains, but he ratified his conditions.
He has run the Tour nine times and in this 2022 he has recovered the good way, the figure, after this epic stage this Wednesday.
He was second on the day, he is fifth overall, he dreams of the podium, a position he is only 15 seconds away from, but there is half a race to go.
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