Quintana kicks off mountain action in maiden Tour de France

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Nairo Quintana (Movistar) attacked to animate stage 8 and took over the young riders classification

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) attacked to animate stage 8 and took over the young riders classifica🐈tion (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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New young rider classification leader Nairo Quintana (Movistar)

New young rider classi𒐪fication leader Nairo Quintana (M꧟ovistar) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Nairo Quintana (Movistar) went out on the attack on stage 8's penultimate climb, the HC-rated Col de Pailhères

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) went out on♛ the attack on stage 8's penultimate climb, the HC-rated Col de Pailhères (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Nairo Quintana (Movistar)

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Thirteen months after Nairo Quintana (Movistar) proved to be the one rider Sky could not control in the 2012 Criterium du Dauphine - when he attacked on the Col de Joux Plane in the Alps and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won at Morzine - the 23-year-old Colombian was back giving Sky extra work to do on the mountain stages of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France.

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.