Nairo Quintana: I am not in a position to run the Vuelta a España

Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana announced that he is withdrawing from the Vuelta a España competition that starts this Friday.

In a video published this Thursday on his official Instagram account, Quintana stated that he "is not in a position" to compete and that he prefers to "return home" to "organize and prepare" his legal defense in the following days.

The cyclist was informed this Wednesday by the International Cycling Union (UCI) that he had been disqualified from the 2022 Tour de France for the use of the drug tramadol in the competition.

In his statement, the UCI made it clear that the use of tramadol does not constitute "an anti-doping rule violation" but rather a violation of the prohibition on the use of that substance,