MOVISTAR TEAM
Quintana disagrees with father over Tour fatigue
Since the opening stage, the Tour de France has been one to forget for Quintana and Movistar
Le Puy-en-Velay — Tour de France hopeful Nairo Quintana sprung to the defence of his Movistar team on Monday after his father blasted the Spanish outfit in the media. This has been a Tour to forget for Quintana and Movistar, right since the opening stage. Alejandro Valverde, who was third overall two years ago, crashed out in the stage one time-trial and suffered a broken kneecap. Since then, Quintana has been far from his best, losing almost four minutes to his yellow jersey rivals on Sunday when he dropped to 11th and more than six minutes off the pace of leader Chris Froome. He is paying for having ridden in May’s Giro d’Italia, where he finished second, and has complained of tiredness during the Tour. That led to his father telling a Colombian radio station that Movistar was flogging his son and compromising his chances on the Tour. "I haven’t spoken to my father for a few days. He has his opinion, what people tell him," said Quintana. "He’s getting drunk on the people’s praise,...
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