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3 unusual facts about Nairo Quintana


Nairo Quintana

He held on to his solo lead in the descent leading to Morzine.

Quintana comes from a very humble background and his parents raised him in what the newspaper El Espectador refers to as "precariously difficult economic conditions" but still saved up to buy Quintana a second-hand mountain bike to make the 9-mile journey to school.

In 2013, Quintana won stage 3 of the Volta a Catalunya, and the following month, he won the queen stage of the Tour of the Basque Country by sprinting to victory after the final climb in EibarArrate, two seconds before a group of six fellow overall contenders.



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