Quintana says he is recovering in Colombia from a “tear in the sternum and displacement of the clavicle“.
“I will stay in Colombia until the last moment and go directly to the Giro“, added the rider who returned to competition in February after being suspended for a positive doping test.
The 107th Giro will end at the foot of the Colosseum
Disqualified from the 2022 Tour de France, in which he finished sixth, for two positive tests for tramadol, a powerful painkiller banned by the medical regulations of the International Cycling Union (UCI), Quintana had spent a blank year, without a team.
The Spanish team Movistar, under whose colors he won the Giro in 2014, re-hired him in October.
