{"id":57602,"date":"2019-03-17T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T16:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movistarteam.com\/2019-03-17\/paris-niza-2019-final"},"modified":"2019-03-19T08:12:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T07:12:29","slug":"2019-paris-nice-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movistarteam.com\/en\/2019-03-17\/2019-paris-nice-finale","title":{"rendered":"Nairo Quintana goes ‘all in’ in Paris-Nice finale (2nd)"},"content":{"rendered":"

He came so close to repeating\u00a0his team-mate Marc Soler’s epic action in 2018 towards overall victory, and still became a huge protagonist of the final stage<\/strong>, where big champions usually shine. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) finished in a fantastic 2nd place overall in the 2019 Paris-Nice<\/strong> -behind fellow countryman Egan Bernal (SKY)-, an adjective supported by his irreproachable attitude throughout the entire eight-day race and most notably the 110km showdown around the city in the C\u00f4te d’Azur, with no less than six rated ascents.<\/p>\n

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Quintana before his final move. (c) Tommaso Pelagalli \/ BettiniPhoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was with 48km remaining, at the foot of the C\u00f4te de Peille (Cat-1), when the ‘C\u00f3ndor’ took advantage of his team-mates H\u00e9ctor Carretero, Winner Anacona and Marc Soler’s presence into a\u00a037-breakaway<\/strong>\u00a0to attack and bridge\u00a0<\/strong>from a GC peloton one minute behind. Quickly ‘picked up’ by Carretero and Anacona, brought back\u00a0to the group pursuing solo leader Tejay van Garderen (EF1), Nairo’s work together with his colleagues, most notably an excellent Marc Soler, helped him bridge back to the lead\u00a0and open\u00a0a gap\u00a0<\/strong>which rose to nearly one minute<\/strong> at the last two climbs.<\/p>\n

The strong job by Bernal’s team-mates\u00a0and the moves at the leading breakaway -one of which saw Ion Izagirre (AST) taking the stage win- buried Quintana’s chances, the Boyac\u00e1 native still able to finish\u00a0on the podium, just 39″ behind the yellow jersey<\/strong>. That, in a week which marked the return to Quintana’s best competitive spirit: always attentive in the echelons, a solid time trialist<\/strong><\/a> in Barbentane on Thursday, then impressive on the weekend’s mountains<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n