It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No wait, it’s a… bicyclist?

Depending on your level of enthusiasm for competitive bicycling, you may never have heard of Nairo Quintana. Quintana has been described as the “cycling superhero of South America” in a recent article by the Wall Street Journal. The title doesn’t seem that far off; in the last five years, 25-year-old Quintana has placed first overall in fourteen major racing events, most recently at the Tirreno – Adriatico in March 2015. He won that race definitively, in the midst of a raging snow storm.

Next week, Quintana will race in the Tour de France, arguably bicycling’s most important race. Will you be watching?