Nairo Quintana at the 2015 Tour de San Luis
Alberto Contador may have laid a Tour de France marker at the Route du Sud on Saturday, but rival Nairo Quintana insists he didn't want to engage the Spaniard in battle before the big race.
Contador attacked the Movistar rider on the descent from Port de Bales - the final climb of the day - to take victory in the queen stage by 13 seconds, and with it a likely overall victory.
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