Quintana and Valverde to ride together at Tour and Vuelta

The two Movistar heavyweights are set to combine forces for two Grand Tours in 2015

Nairo Quintana will not defend his 2014 Giro d'Italia title, as he will ride the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España in 2015 alongside Alejandro Valverde, Movistar general manager Eusebio Unzue announced on Friday.

"The directors, doctors and trainers have valued that all together the team improves a lot, apart weakens us, but gives us the ability to cover more targets," Unzue said.

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