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On February 4, 1990, the Colombian department of Boyacá celebrated the first of ten stages of the Vuelta de la
Juventud with great enthusiasm (the Vuelta de la Juventud is country's premiere U-23 stage race, whose past
winners include Alvaro Mejia, Oliverio Rincon, Mauricio Ardila, Fabio Duarte, Sergio Henao, Mauricio Soler and
Carlos Betancur). But on that day, Boyacá—a place where cycling is loved and has always flourished—was also
unknowingly celebrating the birth of yet another in a long line of great cyclists born in that central Colombian
department: Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas.
Quintana poses for a picture with his first team, Boyacá Es Para
Vivirla (which roughly translates to Boyaca is meant to be lived in, or
enjoyed)
Like so many other great cyclists from Colombia, and from Boyacá in
particular, Quintana's parents are peasants, who raised him in
what the newspaper El Espectador referred to as "precariously
difficult economic conditions". And yet, like with so many others in
Colombia, it was that economic reality that brought a bicycle into Quintana's life. His family lived in the settlement*
of La Concepcion (near the town of Combita), but the nearest school was 9 miles (16 kilometers) away.
The walk to school was treacherous, and often left a young Nairo absolutely exhausted due to the difficulty of the
terrain. There was a bus that could take him there, but with four siblings, there was no money for him to use public
transportation of any kind. So the young man's family had to save up, and his father bought a used mountain bike
for the equivalent of $30. Nairo treasured the bike, and slowly began to daydream during his rides to school.
Every time he rode the bike, he pictured himself racing, and winning a stage that always ended on a mountaintop
(which was actually his home), after a lengthy 8% climb. Once there, his parents were always there to greet him
when he arrived, but instead of awarding him a yellow or polka dot jersey, he once told a Colombian newspaper,
they always put a ruana on him (a Colombian garment similar to a Mexican poncho, but made of thick wool) to
shield him from the cold temperatures that are common throughout Boyacá.
Having said all this, it should be said that Quintana's upbringing can best be qualified as being typical of a working
family in the countryside by Colombian standards. One that didn't allow for many luxuries, but also one that didn't
see a young Nairo in need of food or shelter. So the portrayal of the Quintana family as being a desperately poor
one is not necesseraly accurate. As such, his upbringing must be kept within the context of rural Colombia. He
was loved and encouraged by a family that worked hard for what they had, and was never in need of the basic
things that any working family can provide.
On February 4, 1990, the Colombian department of Boyacá celebrated the first of ten stages of the Vuelta de la
Juventud with great enthusiasm (the Vuelta de la Juventud is country's premiere U-23 stage race, whose past
winners include Alvaro Mejia, Oliverio Rincon, Mauricio Ardila, Fabio Duarte, Sergio Henao, Mauricio Soler and
Carlos Betancur). But on that day, Boyacá—a place where cycling is loved and has always flourished—was also
unknowingly celebrating the birth of yet another in a long line of great cyclists born in that central Colombian
department: Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas.
Quintana poses for a picture with his first team, Boyacá Es Para
Vivirla (which roughly translates to Boyaca is meant to be lived in, or
enjoyed)
Like so many other great cyclists from Colombia, and from Boyacá in
particular, Quintana's parents are peasants, who raised him in
what the newspaper El Espectador referred to as "precariously
difficult economic conditions". And yet, like with so many others in
Colombia, it was that economic reality that brought a bicycle into Quintana's life. His family lived in the settlement*
of La Concepcion (near the town of Combita), but the nearest school was 9 miles (16 kilometers) away.
The walk to school was treacherous, and often left a young Nairo absolutely exhausted due to the difficulty of the
terrain. There was a bus that could take him there, but with four siblings, there was no money for him to use public
transportation of any kind. So the young man's family had to save up, and his father bought a used mountain bike
for the equivalent of $30. Nairo treasured the bike, and slowly began to daydream during his rides to school.
Every time he rode the bike, he pictured himself racing, and winning a stage that always ended on a mountaintop
(which was actually his home), after a lengthy 8% climb. Once there, his parents were always there to greet him
when he arrived, but instead of awarding him a yellow or polka dot jersey, he once told a Colombian newspaper,
they always put a ruana on him (a Colombian garment similar to a Mexican poncho, but made of thick wool) to
shield him from the cold temperatures that are common throughout Boyacá.
Having said all this, it should be said that Quintana's upbringing can best be qualified as being typical of a working
family in the countryside by Colombian standards. One that didn't allow for many luxuries, but also one that didn't
see a young Nairo in need of food or shelter. So the portrayal of the Quintana family as being a desperately poor
one is not necesseraly accurate. As such, his upbringing must be kept within the context of rural Colombia. He
was loved and encouraged by a family that worked hard for what they had, and was never in need of the basic
things that any working family can provide.
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The walk to school was treacherous
There was a bus that could take him there
His parents were always there to greet him when he arrived
The walk to school was treacherous
He pictured himself
The newspaper El Espectador referred to as precariously difficult economic conditions
He was loved and encouraged by a family that worked hard for what they had
He rode the bike
Quintana poses for a picture with his first team