Etixx-QuickStep has confirmed the signing of newly-crowned Omnium world champion Fernando Gaviria, who so impressed in winning two stages at the Tour de San Luis last month.
Gaviria and his fellow Colombian Rodrigo Contreras have each signed two-year agreements with Etixx-QuickStep, beginning from next season, after they underwent testing at the Bakala Academy in Leuven, Belgium on Tuesday morning. Both riders are currently with the Coldeportes-Claro Continental outfit.
Etixx-QuickStep manager Patrick Lefevere confirmed that the 20-year-old Gaviria will be able to combine his road duties with his track career in 2016, when he will target gold in the Omnium at the Olympic Games in Rio.
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“We talked a lot about his desire to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics on the track. We respect and support his decision,” Lefevere said in a statement released by the team. “Next year Fernando will have a program that will allow him to be in the best condition for the Olympics, while also participating in road racing."
Gaviria’s Omnium win at the weekend was his first world title at senior level following his brace of rainbow jerseys on the track as a junior in 2012. He also won the Omnium at the London round of the Track World Cup in December, and showed his ability on the road by winning the Pan American under-23 road race title last season.
Two wins ahead of Mark Cavendish at the Tour de San Luis - including a devastating uphill sprint - offered a further glimpse of that potential and he was enthusiastic about the idea of racing alongside the Manxman.
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