Quintana takes his first victory in four years at the Vuelta Asturias

Set to retire at the end of the season, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) soloed to his first win in over four years on stage 2 of the Vuelta Asturias, where he now leads the race by 31 seconds. The 36-year-old Colombian, a two-time Grand Tour winner, last took a victory while racing for Arkéa-Samsic in 2022 at the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var. Later that season, he was suspended for tramadol use and only came back to the upper echelons of the sport in 2024 when he returned to Movistar, the team where he had first emerged as a star. Earlier this year, Quintana announced that this would be his final season as a pro racer. On Friday's second stage of the Vuelta Asturias, Quintana attacked alongside Adrià Pericas of UAE Team Emirates-XRG with just under 40 km to go. The duo was caught by a small group of chasers before attacking again, and then Quintana went clear on his own to take the victory. He dedicated the win to fellow Colombian Cristian Camilo Muñoz, who passed away on Friday after developing an infection following a crash at the Tour du Jura.