:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/JPLSSENCCJDWRPXRC4VYNYDRYE.jpg "Nairo Quintana’s situation was complicated: the Spanish team Eolo Kometa closed the doors to the Colombian cyclist")
Nairobi Quintana He still hasn’t found a team for the 2023 season. In the last hours, the name of the team came out Comet Aeolus, which was created by the Contador Foundation in 2018, as a possible destination for the champion of the Giro d’Italia 2014 and the Tour of Spain 2016, however, it seems that it is not a real option for the rider, who will travel to Europe to try to reverse your complicated situation.
Nairo Quintana and Eolo Kometa’s alleged interest in the cyclist: what do we know?
The Italian team has emerged as one of the options for the Colombian rider in recent hours. The team is not part of the Credible Cycling Movement
The rumor originated in an interview conducted by the daily mark A France Accountantbrother of the cycling legend, and also director of the ProTeam team, there they asked him about the possibility of signing the rider Nairo Quintana and he assured, “creo than in all professional continental teams did his name appear at some point”He also explained the reasons why Eolo Kometa is not part of the teams that make up the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC), an entity that recently confirmed the veto of the cyclist Boyacá.
“No, we are not here (MPCC). When we started as professionals in 2021, we did an assessment and we decided not to. We have no other way of seeing cycling than in a completely transparent, credible and honest way. Otherwise, we are not here. We don’t see it any other way because it’s also linked to all of our core work. This decision came before we entered the category. The UCI did not tell us anything about this. We do not rule out entering the future, but, for the moment, we have not done so”, said Fran Contador.
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Although the newspaper The weather a representative of the Italian team was contacted about the alleged interest in the Colombian rider, the response was not as expected and, on the contrary, was direct stating that, “As far as the Nairo issue is concerned, there is nothing.”
Now, to this refusal is added what was mentioned by Fran Contador, who spoke recently exclusively for Semana Magazine and mentioned the issue of Nairo Quintana. The Spaniard not only assured that “it’s not true” that the Italian team is interested in that of Cómbita.
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The entity also pointed out that the case of the Colombian cyclist is one of only two to appear in the World Tour and ProTeam teams.
“This is a bullet that I think was created from an interview last week, taking words a bit out of context from a question I was asked about Nairo”assured Contador to the medium in question and reiterated that, “We are not considering the incorporation of Nairo.”
For the director of Eolo Kometa “it’s a pain” the situation that the Colombian runner is going through because he “It’s part of the history of cycling”but he is confident he will find a place where he can demonstrate his enormous potential, which was reflected in the national road championships when he won the bronze medal in the elite deep fund category.
The team Comet Aeolus from Italy joins the list of teams that, despite the fact that rumors point to them as possible destinations for the Colombian rider, fail to specify anything with the cyclist. Other names that have emerged in recent weeks are those of the Team Corratec, Groupama – FDJ, AG2R, among others.
The last Colombian team was Arkéa-Samsic, French team with which he had a renewal until 2025 in August 2022, but due to what happened on the Tour de France that year where the presence of tramadol was found in Nairo’s body , he decided to retire and in September he reached an agreement with the runner to end his contractual relationship, this while the man from Cómbita was preparing his defense before the CAS.