After his triumph in the 2022 Tour de la Provence, the Colombian Nairo Quintana will look for his second success of the season in the Tour of the Maritime Alps and the Varwhich takes place between this Friday the 18th and Sunday the 20th of February.
Quintanawho already won in the Alpes-Maritimes in 2020, goes to the event in high spirits after showing excellent form in Provence, where he won with authority on the last day with a high finish in Lure.
The Colombian from Arkéa will have the support of his compatriot Miguel Florezthe sprinter Nacer Bouhanni, Nicholas Edett, Kevin Ledanois Y Maxime Bouet (FRA) and Lukasz Owsian (POL).
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The manager of the French team, Yvon Ledanoisconsider that Nairo Quintana is one of the favorites for the test, but not the only one.
“Nairo can be considered as one of the favorites for this race. He won in Provence, but we respect other teams that will also want to shine in these three days of racing, it is clear that the route proposed by Amaël Moinard, a former competitor of the team who has become director of the race, will facilitate the plans of a climberbut be careful, as Nairo said, he is not the only one on the entry list with those qualities, far from it,” said the coach.
Nevertheless, the French formation will also have other tricks to achieve triumphs.
“We will go with ambitions as in all the races in which we appear, and we will show the desire to shine in the sprint with Nacer Bouhanni. One thing is certain, it is the collective that will decide the fate of this event and our runners are motivated to make our colors shine,” he concluded.