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"This win convinces myself I'm not just Nairo's brother - I can win as well, things are achievable when you make efforts," Dayer Quintana says

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09.07.2014 @ 00:21 Posted by Emil Axelgaard

Dayer Quintana proved that he fully deserves to be a part of the professional peloton when he took an incredible solo victory in the Tour of Austria. The young Colombian was pleased to show the world that he more than just Nairo's brother.

 

What already was a satisfactory adaptation - including appearances in big classics, such as 'De Ronde' and Roubaix - by Dayer Quintana to the pro scene turned into a massive success on Tuesday during the first mountain stage of the Tour of Austria. The Colombian rider from the Movistar Team - neo-pro, turns 22 on August 10, raised in the village of Cómbita like his older brother Nairo - crowned on top of the hellish Kitzbüheler Horn (HC, almost 8km at 12% average) a magnificent breakaway which covered almost the whole 206km of racing from Bad Ischl.

 

Ten riders, including Quintana, made the original breakaway which was never allowed a big gap by the bunch - its biggest margin was 3'30" - and came into the resort city of Kitzbühel, where it was raining heavily, with less than two minutes. On the climb, Quintana increased the pace and went away with Levarlet (COF), later dropping the Frenchman to start a solo climb which saw his rivals losing more and more ground on the gruelling slopes.

 

The bunch with all favourites, 1'30" back halfway up the ascent, was eventually reduced to only three contenders: race leader Peter Kennaugh (SKY) and Damiano Caruso (CAN), the only ones able to gain terrain on Quintana, and Javi Moreno, who struggled on the final slopes (4th) but kept his third place in the provisional GC. Quintanacompleted his exhibition on the top tas he opened his victory account as pro and took Movistar Team's up to 23 in this season.

 

"I felt physically well before this race and wanted to test my legs," he said. "I wasn't planning to get into today's breakaway, though - we were just controlling the race, but at some point, we were in a group of ten up front. I had to keep going after making the group, and also to profit of the gap that stayed the same practically until the foot of the climb.

 

"I took a strong turn on the lower slopes and when I realized I was alone. I told to myself: 'It's now or never.' I went on full steam until the finish - there were no time references, only visual ones, and until I didn't get into the final 200 meters I didn't feel I could win.

 

"I just couldn't believe myself, it was spectacular. I cried out of emotion, and in a matter of thousandths of a second, everyone important in my life came to my mind: my team, my family, Nairo, my girlfriend. This is the best way I could reward them for everyone they did for me. We had come close to the win here with Javi Moreno and Lobato, and we deserved it.

 

"I hadn't raced since the Giro del Trentino - I spent almost two months in Colombia, training hard, in long sessions to build my muscles and lose fat, and things are turning out well. This win convinces myself I'm not just Nairo's brother - I can win as well, things are achievable when you make efforts."

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