Nairo Quintana: 2026 team, palmarès and profile

Team (2026): Movistar Team
Nationality: Colombia
Born: 4 February 1990, Cómbita, Colombia
Profile: Grand Tour rider, climber
Pro since: 2009
Previous teams: Boyacá es para Vivirla (2009), Café de Colombia–Colombia es Pasión (2010–2011), Movistar Team (2012–2019), Arkéa–Samsic (2020–2022)

Facts checked on 20 October 2026. Every fact has a source, listed at the bottom of this page.

2026 season

11 February 2026Tour of Oman7th overall Source
26 April 2026Vuelta Asturias1st overall; stage 2 win Source
3 May 2026Tour de Romandie21st overall Source
21 June 2026Tour de Suisse21st overall Source
8 August 2026Vuelta a Burgos18th overall Source
3 October 2026Giro dell'Emilia48th Source

Palmarès

2014Giro d'Italia1st overall (stages 16 and 19, young rider classification) Source
2016Vuelta a España1st overall (stage 10 win) Source
2013Tour de France2nd overall (stage 20, mountains and young rider classifications) Source
2015Tour de France2nd overall (young rider classification) Source
2016Tour de France3rd overall Source
2017Giro d'Italia2nd overall (stage 9 win) Source
2015Tirreno–Adriatico1st overall Source
2017Tirreno–Adriatico1st overall Source
2016Volta Ciclista a Catalunya1st overall Source
2016Tour de Romandie1st overall Source

Biography

Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas was born on 4 February 1990 in Cómbita, in the Boyacá department of Colombia, to a farming family. As a teenager he used a second-hand mountain bike to cover a 16-kilometre route to school. He rode for Colombian teams from 2009 and in 2010 won the Tour de l’Avenir while racing for the Colombian national team. Movistar Team signed him for 2012, and in his first season there he won the Vuelta a Murcia, the Route du Sud and the Giro dell’Emilia, plus a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

He became one of the leading stage racers of his generation. In 2013 he finished second overall at the Tour de France, winning the mountains classification, the young rider classification and stage 20. He was second again in 2015 and third in 2016. In 2014 he became the first Colombian to win the Giro d’Italia, and in 2016 he won the Vuelta a España, along with the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de Romandie. He also won Tirreno–Adriatico in 2015 and 2017, finished second at the 2017 Giro and won Tour de France stages in 2013, 2018 and 2019. ProCyclingStats credits him with 53 victories.

Quintana moved to Arkéa–Samsic for 2020 and won the Tour de la Provence in 2020 and 2022. His sixth place overall at the 2022 Tour de France was later removed: in August 2022 the UCI announced a positive test for tramadol, he appealed, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeal in November 2024. He received no competition ban, because tramadol was prohibited by the UCI at the time on medical grounds but was not a banned substance under WADA rules. He left Arkéa–Samsic in October 2022, spent 2023 without a team and rejoined Movistar in October 2023. He rode the Giro d’Italia in 2024 and 2025, finishing 19th and 25th.

On 22 March 2026, at a press conference before the Volta a Catalunya, Quintana announced that 2026 would be his last season as a professional. He won the Vuelta Asturias in April, including stage 2, and finished seventh overall at the Tour of Oman, 21st at both the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse and 18th at the Vuelta a Burgos. His results also include 48th at the Giro dell’Emilia on 3 October.