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Video shows Nairo Quintana taking a tow from a motorbike on Ventoux
Nairo Quintana can be seen clinging onto a spare bike wheel on a neutral service bike after Chris Froome's crash on Mont Ventoux
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Motorised bike? Movistar respond to social media conspiracy theories
Movistar explain to Cycling Weekly that the broken bike of Imanol Erviti was hidden to keep sponsors happy
By Gregor Brown Published
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Nairo Quintana: 'We'll have to be daring to win the Tour'
Quintana says Chris Froome is still his number one rival at the Tour despite no wins this season
By Gregor Brown Published
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Beñat Intxausti wins mountain-top finish on Giro d'Italia stage eight
Movistar's Beñat Intxausti solos to victory ahead of Mikel Landa and Sebastian Reichenbach on stage eight of the Giro d'Italia
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Nairo Quintana's Tour starts today, say Movistar
After a stressful first week, the Tour de France finally heads into the mountains of the Pyrenees, where Nairo Quintana's team say his race will truly begin
By Gregor Brown Published
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Alex Dowsett to focus on the road for UCI Hour Record attempt
Movistar rider Alex Dowsett believes less track training and more road riding is the key to a faster Hour campaign
By Maria David Published
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Nairo Quintana returns to take victory as Julian Alaphilippe holds yellow on stage 18 of Tour de France 2019
A revenant Nairo Quintana annihilated his rivals on the high-altitude slopes of the Galibier to take stage victory, as Julian Alaphilippe survived a shaky day to hold the yellow jersey.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Alex Dowsett: 'I should be able to help Nairo Quintana in the Giro and Tour'
Movistar rider Alex Dowsett says he's at a point where he should be supporting GC riders in back-to-back Grand Tours
By Gregor Brown Published
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Movistar's Jaime Rosón suspended after returning biological passport anomaly
The Spanish team were informed of the AAF by the UCI on Wednesday night
By Richard Windsor Published
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Mikel Landa: 'I have to learn the cobbles for the Tour de France'
The Spaniard gets his first taste of cobbled racing at E3 Harelbeke
By Gregor Brown Published
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Alex Dowsett misses out on Giro d'Italia as Movistar name squad to back Quintana
Movistar leader Nairo Quintana to be backed by strong team of domestiques as he tackles the 2017 Giro d'Italia (May 5-28)
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Alex Dowsett fighting to survive in the Tour de France
The British Movistar rider is fighting to hold on as the race moves through the Pyrenees, with more to come next week in the Alps before Paris
By Nick Bull Published
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Five unsung heroes from the first week of the Giro d'Italia
Tom Dumoulin and Marcel Kittel hogged many of the headlines from the first week of the Giro d'Italia, but here's who else stood out for us
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Nairo Quintana says he'll race the Tour de France with Movistar in 2018
Nairo Quintana posted from Colombia that he'll return to Europe for the World Championships and race the Tour again next year
By Gregor Brown Published
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'The squad doesn't make a rider stronger': Reinforced team won't help overhaul Sky dominance, says Movistar boss
Movistar boss Eusebio Unzué praised Team Sky after their dominating win with Geraint Thomas at the Tour de France
By Gregor Brown Published
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Lampre-Merida manager not convinced Fran Ventoso's injury was caused by disc brake
The Movistar rider was reportedly injured after colliding with a disc brake at Paris-Roubaix, but Lampre-Merida manager Brent Copeland says he find that difficult to believe
By Gregor Brown Published
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Nairo Quintana says he'll attack on Monte Zoncolan to seal Giro d'Italia win
Colombian Giro d'Italia leader Nairo Quintana says he's "showing the fans what they want to see"
By Gregor Brown Published
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Movistar wins Vuelta a Espana opening team time trial
Jonathan Castroviejo is first rider to wear the leader's jersey in the 2014 Vuelta a Espana
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Alejandro Valverde takes victory in uphill finish on Vuelta a España stage four
Spaniard pips Peter Sagan to the line to take his ninth career win at the Vuelta a España, as Esteban Chaves retains his overall lead
By Richard Windsor Published
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Team Sky grab stage 13 win at Giro d'Italia as Andrey Amador takes overall lead
Mikel Nieve attacked from a large breakaway to take a solo victory on the Giro d'Italia mountain stage as Andrey Amador took pink from Bob Jungels
By Richard Windsor Published
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Alejandro Valverde says it'll be 'difficult' but 'not impossible' to overturn deficit to Yates in final Vuelta mountain stage
The Spaniard suffered a bad day on the final climb of stage 19, and now sits over a minute behind race leader Simon Yates
By Gregor Brown Published
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Nairo Quintana recons Tour de France cobbles
Movistar rider Nairo Quintana has very little experience of riding on cobblestones so checked out the Tour de France pavé ahead of time with his teammates
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Ion Izagirre storms to Tour de Romandie prologue win; two Team Sky riders in top five
Movistar's Ion Izagirre wins the Tour de Romandie prologue by six seconds from Tom Dumoulin with Michal Kwiatkowski and Geraint Thomas third and fourth
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Alex Dowsett focused on TT success in Grand Tour debut
Essex time trialist notes differences between his past and present pro teams
By Sophie Smith Published
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Quintana and Froome set to renew rivalry in 2016 as Colombian targets Tour and Olympics
Nairo Quintana, like Chris Froome, will try to win both the Tour de France and Olympic Games road race in 2016
By Gregor Brown Published
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Movistar donates 100% glasses to doctors fighting pandemic
With no racing on the horizon, teams are finding their own ways of dealing with the global coronavirus crisis.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Bookies still back Quintana over Contador despite Tour de France time loss
Nairo Quintana is second favourite, behind Chris Froome, to win the Tour de France, despite finding himself over a minute down on Alberto Contador already
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Richard Carapaz has agreed a move to Team Ineos, according to reports
The 2019 Giro d'Italia winner has apparently signed a two-year deal with the British outfit
By Jonny Long Published
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Movistar: 'We won't tell Alejandro Valverde to slow down'
Alejandro Valverde could move into yellow on stage five of the Tour de France and his team won't stop him from trying
By Stuart Clarke Published
