Fernando Gaviria will undergo tests at the Bakala Academy next week as Etixx-QuickStep’s Patrick Lefevere steps up his pursuit of the Colombian sprinter.
Gaviria won two stages at the Tour de San Luis last month, beating Mark Cavendish in the process. A number of WorldTour teams immediately enquired about the future of the 20-year-old. Lefevere’s team were installed as the early favourites to sign the rider and the transfer has moved a step closer.
“He’s coming to us after the weekend to do some tests. He’s in Paris to do the track World Championships and then from there he’ll come to Kortrijk. We’ll have a talk, do some tests and then he will return to Colombia,’ Lefevere told Cyclingnews.
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“We’ll try to sign him if the tests are good but we’ll of course respect his plans for the Olympics.”
Even if a deal is done in the coming weeks the chances of Gavaria signing as a stagiaire for the remainder of the season in a post-Olympic programme are slim.
"We didn’t talk about that. Not yet. With stagiaires doing the road Worlds, they often ride the Tour d L’Avenir so you only see them once or twice and I don’t know if it’s too hard to make him a stagiaire," Lefevere said.
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