Fernando Gaviria will make his long awaited return to racing Saturday at the UCI 1.1 Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde in West Flanders with his Quick-Step Floors team. Gaviria hasn't raced since the Hammer Series in June with a training accident that injured his calf putting him out of action.
The Colombian had a breakout Giro d'Italia in May as he won four stages and the points classification. His success in Italy followed on from stage wins at Tirreno-Adriatico, Volta ao Algarve and the Vuelta de San Juan. Gaviria has been named in Colombia's Worlds team for next month's race in Bergen and will use the Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Meulebeke to build his race condition in anticipation.
A young team accompanies Gaviria to the race while Iljo Keise and Martin Velits will be the experienced road captians. Lead out man Davide Martinelli will be an important rider for Gaviria while Rémi Cavagna provides another option for the team. The squad is completed by stagiaire Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz.
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2017 is the first year the 179.2 km race has been held at 1.1 category. From the WorldTour, QuickStep-Floors will be joined by LottoNL-Jumbo with 17 teams in total taking to the Meulebeke start line.
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