Quintana primed for 2020 Tour de France after wildcard
Russell Greaves
January 7, 2020 19:10 MYT
January 7, 2020 19:10 MYT
Nairo Quintana is in line to compete in this year's Tour de France after Arkea-Samsic were given a wildcard spot.
The Colombian is a two-time runner-up at the Tour, most recently in 2015, and has won both the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana.
Quintana moved to the France-based Arkea-Samsic team from Movistar ahead of the new season, having spent eight years with his previous employers.
The 29-year-old's new team includes Frenchman Warren Barguil, who won the mountain classification at the 2017 Tour, and three-time points classification runner-up Andre Greipel.
Equipes #ParisNice 2020 Les équipes sélectionnées pour #ParisNice 2020: Les 19 UCI WorldTeams. L'équipe @TDE_ProCycling , première au classement UCI ProTeams 2019. @NIPPO_Delko_OP_ et @Arkea_Samsic , invitées par les organisateurs. pic.twitter.com/flMLttuvWu — Paris-Nice (@ParisNice) January 7, 2020
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This year's edition begins in Nice on June 27, concluding with the processional final stage in Paris on July 19, with Team INEOS' Egan Bernal out to defend his title.