Nairo Quintana was unhurt from an accident he suffered while training on a highway in the department of Boyacá , where he was born, and fell due to the reckless maneuver of a driver. This was reported by the Mayor's Office of Motavita, the municipality where the accident occurred, who noted on his Twitter account that the Arkea-Samsic runner decided to return to his home to be treated by his personal doctor.
The mayor's office detailed that the incident occurred in a sector known as the Salvial sidewalk (hamlet), on the road that connects Tunja, the departmental capital of Boyacá, with Motavita, where he collided with a vehicle. In photos published by the local administration, Quintana is seen sitting in a plastic chair telling the Police and Mayor Mery Mozo what happened.
Quintana - winner of the 2014 Giro d'Italia and the 2016 Vuelta a España - was announced alongside Frenchman Warren Barguil as leader of the Arkéa-Samsic team for the Tour de France starting on August 29 in Nice.
The Colombian is expected to return to competition at the Tour de L'Ain between August 7 and 9 , before tackling the Dauphiné on the way to the Tour de France, in which he will try to reach the podium, a result that he has already achieved, It has been twice second (2013 and 2015) and a third time (2016).
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