Fernando Gaviria (Etixx-QuickStep) had already shown he is one of the best emerging sprinters in professional cycling with six road race victories and back-to-back Omnium world titles on the track. However, his stage 3 sprint victory at Tirreno-Adriatico, ahead of Caleb Ewan and Elia Viviani, highlighted his immense sprinting ability and huge potential for future sprints.
It was not only the fact that he won and whom he beat to the line in Montalto di Castro but how he did it that gathered so much admiration. He moved smoothly around and then past his rivals in the high-speed and hectic finish, and then sprinted to victory with his hands on the top of his brake levers.
Gaviria is still only 21, only speaks Spanish and still a little shy in front of the media but his sprinter’s character and innate self-confidence stand out as much as ability in the sprints.
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“No, it’s not a surprise that I won,” he said with total honesty in the post-stage press conference. “We worked hard as a team to get here. It’s a great day for us, we got a great win and I’ve got to thank my team for helping me win my first WorldTour race.
“It was a pretty complicated sprint because all the teams wanted to move up their sprinters in the finale. At the end we were all up there and my team did a great job. We started to move left and right and people touched shoulders inside the final kilometre but I had great legs and that helped me win today.”
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