Nairo Quintana heads to the Tour de Romandie with Movistar looking for his second GC win of the 2016 season following his Volta Ciclista a Catalunya victory in March.
"I'm really excited to start this race," Quintana said in a release from his team. "We've brought a really strong team, just like in every other major race."
The 2014 Giro d'Italia winner started his season by finishing third at the Tour de San Luis, a race won by brother Dayer, before winning the WorldTour stage race and then finishing third at the Tour of the Basque Country. Quintana rode the Tour de Romandie for the first time in his career last year, finishing eighth as he then went on to finish second at the Tour de France for the second occasion.
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Having skipped the Ardennes Classics in favour of a training block and a recon of the key Pyrenean stages of the 2016 Tour, Quintana explained he is excited to be pinning on a race number again.
"Training in the last few weeks went well, and we can't wait to get this race going. We hope the weather doesn't turn as bad as it's been forecast, so we can bring the fans the spectacle they always come for."
Quintana considers two-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome (Team Sky), last year's Romandie winner Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha) and 2014 best young rider at the Tour, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), as his biggest rivals as he explained but added he we also be a rider to watch across the six-stages.
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