Quintero recovers in hospital following San Remo crash

Milan-San Remo 2012

Carlos Quintero (Colombia-Coldeportes) is recovering in the hospital today in Pietra Ligure, Italy, following his crash in Milan-San Remo.

He went down on a right-hand corner on the descent of Le Mànie yesterday with just under 100 kilometres to race and briefly lost consciousness.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.