Quintana undergoes double knee surgery

GRAND COLOMBIER FRANCE SEPTEMBER 13 Nairo Quintana Rojas of Colombia and Team Arkea Samsic Grand Colombier 1501m during the 107th Tour de France 2020 Stage 15 a 1745km stage from Lyon to Grand Colombier 1501m TDF2020 LeTour on September 13 2020 in Grand Colombier France Photo by Michael SteeleGetty Images
Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) climbs the Grand Colombier during stage 15 of the 2020 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Nairo Quintana has undergone surgery on both knees and will now begin a recovery process ahead of the 2021 season. 

The Colombian's 2020 campaign – his first with second-division French squad Arkéa-Samsic – started brightly, but his main objective of the Tour de France was derailed by the pair of knee injuries. 

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