Fernando Gaviria (Etixx-QuickStep)
Fernando Gaviria achieved this year what many promising young riders would gladly take from a neo-pro season and, of all the names on this list, is perhaps the most ready-made for success.
The 21-year-old Colombian, riding for Coldeportes-Claro, burst onto the scene at the Tour de San Luis, where he twice got the better of none other than Mark Cavendish. Cavendish’s Etixx-QuickStep bosses were so impressed that they snapped Gaviria up on a two-year deal from 2016, no doubt helped by the fact that he became a world champion at senior level on the track, winning the Omnium in France.
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He has already had some time to embed himself into the Etixx-QuickStep team, having started as a stagiaire in August, and has already won in the jersey at the Tour of Britain. The presence of Marcel Kittel will no doubt be a massive asset in terms of learning and mentorship.
The one potential problem is how Etixx’s ambitions for Gaviria on the road will be balanced with his own track ambitions leading up to the Olympic Games in Rio.
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