Nairo Quintana is happy with his 4th overall place at the Vuelta a Espana. The Movistar Team leader thinks already about the next season. The Colombian would like to win the Tour de France. This year, he was at the same level than Chris Froome (Team Sky). No other cyclist came as close as he did. During the stage 2, he lost a crucial 1:28 and his attack on the Alpe d’Huez stage garnered him 1:26 and he finished within 1:12 of Froome.

"We need to see the routes of the grand tours when they are unveiled. Normally, though, the Tour is the one that suits him and takes precedence. To also think about racing the Vuelta or the Giro at 100 percent will be difficult. Taking out that Dutch stage, Nairo would be there. But, for sure, we can’t re-do that. In the mountains, he was there. Nairo was truly the strongest in the mountains, that’s clear, but Froome never made a mistake, and he was always well protected from his team," Eusebio Unzue explained according to Velonews.

"The Vuelta was always something that was an end-of-season thing for him; the Tour took much more importance. Anyway, he fell sick and in Andorra, he let the idea of winning the Vuelta go," Unzué added.

"Froome can stay at that top level for two or three years, he works well, he is comfortable as a leader. He can be the big boss of the grand tours. Luckily, though, we are seeing new talents all the time, like Dumoulin, who’s probably more suited to the Tour than the Vuelta, and Esteban Chaves, he’s won two stages and improved along the way. You can’t make any guarantees, cycling changes quickly."