Nairo Quintana after a crash on stage eleven of the 2014 Tour of Spain
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has quit the Vuelta a Espana after crashing for the second time in two days.
The Colombian race favourite crashed heavily after hitting road-side barriers during Tuesday's individual time trial whilst wearing the red leader's jersey. After losing over four minutes to stage winner Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), and over three minutes to his GC rivals, Quintana's overall chances were severely diminished.
Tony Martin wins Vuelta a Espana stage 10 time trial
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