Team Arkea-Samsic rider Nairo Quintana winning a stage on this year's Paris-Nice. AFP/File/Alain JOCARD
Colombian climber Quintana rode with top Spanish outfit Movistar from 2012-2019, winning the Giro d’Italia in 2014 and the Vuelta in 2016.
There was no place either for Mathieu van der Poel’s Alpecin outfit.
The three wild card entries for the race which embarks on October 20, were Total Direct Energie of France and Spanish teams Burgos and Caja Rural.
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