Colombian Nairo Quintana, disqualified from the last Tour de France on Wednesday for a medical offence, announced Thursday that he would not participate in the Tour of Spain, which starts on Friday, explaining that he does not have "
the head nor the body at the competition
”.
"
I prefer to go home, organize and prepare my defense about the news that reached me yesterday
" (Wednesday), said the 32-year-old Colombian rider, winner of the Vuelta in 2016, in a message published on his Instagram account.