Pantano replaces Nairo Quintana on Colombia's Rio Olympics roster
Movistar rider undergo♉es medical ꧂tests to figure out illness
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jarlinson Pantano (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:IAM Cycling) will replace Nairo Quintana (Movistar) on the Colombian team set to compete at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August.
Quintana recently placed third on the podium at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, however, he has noted an unknown illness that might have affected his efforts at the three-week race, citing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:possible allergies following stage 18.
He subsequently pulled himself from t🥂he Colombian team൩ roster for the Olympic Games ahead of stage 21 on Sunday.
Accordinꦬg to a press release from the Colombian Cycling Federation, Quintana will undergo further tests ♍to determine his illness and the length of time he will need to recover.
President of the federation, Agustin Moreno Aristizabal and general manager, Jorge Ovidio Gonzalez, reported that Movistar doctor Jesus Hoyos Echavarria has given Quintana 20 days of needed recovery and that he will be tested to find out what the unde𓆏rlying health problems are.
The federation, along with the opinion of Dr. Hoyos Echavarria, announced Monday𒀰 that Pantano will replace Quintana.
"This substitution was made at the discretion of national coach Carlos Jaramillo, relaying the alternate registrꦓation by the governing body of Colombian cycling to the Colombian Olympic Committee."
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Pantano had a strong Tour de France; winning stage 15 to Culoz and placing twice second in stage 17 to Finha🐭ut-Emosson and stage 20 ♔to Morzine. He will meet his team requirements at races in Belgium and France before joining the Colombian team in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games.
