Following his announcement on Friday that he would be 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:leaving Arkéa-Samsic at the end of the season, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nairo Quintana has been linkedꩲ🌠 with a move to another French team in the WorldTour.
In a social media post the Colombian sai🎐d that his three years at the ProTeam would come to an end this year, despite having signed a three-year contract e𓄧xtension back in August.
However, it appears that th✨e deal was never signed and was instead only agreed in principle, meaning that Q💧uintana is free to leave and find a new squad for 2023.
The team confirmed his departure in a short annou🔥ncement on Satur🅷day, stating, "The Arkéa-Samsic team confirms that Nairo Quintana's contract with the team will not be renewed in 2023."
Despite rumours that the non-renewal of his contract was linked to his ongoing tramadol case and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:disqualification from the༒ Tour de France, the team made no mention of the affair.
Sunday brought new rumours of Quint✃ana's future, with French newspaper linking him with a French Worl꧅dTour team for next season.
The report cited "sources close to the Colombian", noting that a French team had already made him ෴a contract proposal.
Current French WorldTour teams number 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:AG2R Citroën, Cofidis, and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Groupama-FDJ, with each squad boasting several spaces for next season. As of yet no o🐷ther teams have been strongly linked with Quintana's signature.
Quintana is still awaiting the outcome of his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his Tour de France disqualification. He had reജturned positive tests for tramadol on two stages of the race, and subsequently missed the Vuelta a España in o🌳rder to fight his case.
The 32-year-old will not race again in Arkéa-Samsic colours, having brought his season to a close at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:UCI Road World Championships last week.
Quintana has unexpectedly become a major name on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:transfer market this winter, providing a jolt a market which had been drying ✱up. Other major names yet to decide t🌌heir future include sprinters Mark Cavendish and Fernando Gaviria.
