Nairo Quintana wants to be back at the Giro d'Italia. The Movistar leader who won Vuelta a Espana a few weeks ago considers it for2 017 but he added he needs to see the route of all three-week races.

"I hope soon because the Italian climbs are ones that are most suited to a climber like me. My next season is centered on the Tour, the only grand tour [win] that I’m missing. But this does not mean automatically that I won’t be at the Giro. We are waiting to see the route and then I’ll speak with the team", he explained according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. 

The 2017 Giro d'Italia will be the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia. The race will start on May 5 in Alghero on the island of Sardinia. The peloton will stay on the island for three stages. The rest is unknown until the presentation on October 25.

Quintana will not rule out Giro/Tour double in 2017. "It’s certainly intriguing. But in the last years it’s been ‘easier’ race the Giro and Vuelta at a high level, or the Tour and the Vuelta. The Giro demands a lot. Then racing the Tour means that you find yourself up against rivals that are all, no one excluded, at 100 percent", he concluded.