Fernando Gaviria

Fernando Gaviria Rendón (born 19 August 1994) is a Colombian professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. He is well known as a sprinter. Riding for the Colombian national cycling team, Gaviria came to international attention at the 2015 Tour de San Luis, where he beat former world champion Mark Cavendish in two sprint finishes. His first major Grand Tour wins came at the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He is the brother of track cyclist Juliana Gaviria. His nickname is "Quetzal splendente", from the brightful and colourful South American bird Quetzal. Its colours recall his world championship titles, his Colombia and "la maglia Ciclamino" won at Giro d'Italia.

Early career
Before his road career, Gaviria won the omnium and madison events at the 2012 UCI Juniors Track World Championships. In 2014, he won the under-23 Pan-American road race. He also competed in the 2014 Tour de l'Avenir. Although he did not win a stage, he won the bunch sprint behind the breakaway on the first stage and ended the race second in the points competition. Later that year he won the omnium in the London round of the 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup.

Gaviria's first major road cycling winning streak started in January 2015 at the Tour de San Luis, one of the major early-season cycling races. He won a surprise victory in the first stage of the race, opening his sprint early and beating 2011 world champion Mark Cavendish of the team into second place. Cavendish said after the race that he had not heard of Gaviria before the race. Gaviria then won the third stage of the race, again beating Cavendish into second place. Cavendish won the final stage of the event, with Gaviria finishing a close second.

Following these high-profile victories, there were reports that several UCI World Tour teams were seeking to sign Gaviria, including, though he committed his 2015 season to riding with the Colombian national team. Later reports suggested that his most likely 2016 team was Cavendish's own team. It was also revealed that Gaviria had been recommended in 2014 to Patrick Lefevere, the manager of, but the team declined to sign him. Following Gaviria's success at the Tour de San Luis, Lefevere called this a "mistake". In February 2015, Lefevere announced that Gaviria would be undergoing tests with after the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, a further move towards a contract for 2016. Lefevere also said that such a contract would not prevent Gaviria competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Following these tests, Gaviria signed a contract for 2016 with, along with fellow Colombian Rodrigo Contreras. Gaviria's plans to ride in the 2016 Olympic Games were affirmed by Lefevere; he also suggested that Gaviria might ride as a stagiaire for the team during 2015.

In February 2015, Gaviria competed for Colombia in the track World Championships in the omnium competition. Although he won none of the six events, he was consistent throughout. In the concluding points race, he was able to gain an early lap on the field, giving him a large advantage; he was then able to mark his closest rival, Elia Viviani, and secured a comfortable overall victory to win the rainbow jersey.

Etixx–Quick-Step (2015–2018)
Gaviria made his debut for as a stagiaire in August 2015 at the RideLondon–Surrey Classic. He finished in eighth position, the highest-placed rider. His next race for the team was in the Czech Cycling Tour, where won the first stage, a team time trial. The following day Gaviria won his first individual stage victory for the team, winning a reduced bunch sprint. After this race, it was the Tour of Britain, where Gaviria managed to take one stage win ahead of several world class sprinters including André Greipel and Elia Viviani.

2016 began almost as strongly as the previous season. He won the Team Time Trial with and also took another stage at the Tour de San Luis. He crashed out later in the race preventing another victory. In February he won a stage and the points classification at the new race Tour La Provence. In early March he became the first rider to win two gold medals in the Omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships by defending his title from the previous year. He won stage 3 of Tirreno–Adriatico, his first victory at World Tour level.

In 2017, he was named in the start list for the Giro d'Italia and won Stage 3 from Tortolì to Cagliari in a sprint finish, taking the lead in the general classification in the process. He achieved further success by winning Stages 5, 12 and 13 in bunch sprints, making him the first Colombian to win four stages in a single Giro d'Italia. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. Gaviria won stage 1 of the Tour de France, starting Day 2 in the Yellow Jersey. Gaviria and other major sprinters such as André Greipel and Dylan Groenewegen were unable to finish stage 11 which was the third major hilly alps stage within the time limit and were eliminated. Gaviria suffered a broken collarbone at the Tour of Turkey and was forced to abandon, ending his 2018 campaign.

UAE Team Emirates (2019–2022)
Shortly after his injury at the Tour of Turkey, it was announced that Gaviria was joining the team on a three-year contract from the 2019 season. In his first season with the team, he won the third stage of the Giro d'Italia, his fifth win total in the race. Earlier that season, he won a stage of the UAE Tour, and ended the year with two more wins at the Tour of Guangxi.

Gaviria won six more races in 2020, including the Giro della Toscana one-day race. In 2021, he only saw one victory: stage three of the Tour de Pologne.

Gaviria started 2022 in the Middle East, winning two stages and the points classification of the Tour of Oman. Three months later, he finished second at Eschborn–Frankfurt before going on to compete in the Giro d'Italia. Here, he finished second on two stages, third on one and second in the points classification. At the end of the season, he obtained no notable results and was criticized by Joxean Fernández, the manager of UAE Team Emirates, who questioned his "focus and motivation".

Movistar Team (2023–)
For the 2023 season, Gaviria joined on a one-year contract, bringing home two stage wins in his initial season, one at the Tour de Romandie and one at  the Vuelta a San Juan. He started off 2024 with a win on day one of the Tour Colombia, later placing second on stage four.

Road

 * 2012
 * 1st MaillotColombia.PNG Time trial, National Junior Championships


 * 2013
 * 1st Gold medal bolivarianos.svg Road race, Bolivarian Games


 * 2014
 * 1st PanAmericanJersey.png Road race, Pan American Under-23 Championships
 * Central American and Caribbean Games
 * 2nd Silver medal centralamerica.svg Time trial
 * 4th Road race


 * 2015 (4 pro wins)
 * Tour de San Luis
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3
 * Czech Cycling Tour
 * 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain
 * Pan American Games
 * 8th Time trial
 * 9th Road race
 * 8th RideLondon–Surrey Classic


 * 2016 (7)
 * 1st Paris–Tours
 * 1st Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
 * Tour La Provence
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 3
 * Tour de Pologne
 * 1st Stages 2 & 4
 * Tour de San Luis
 * 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
 * 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 2nd Gran Piemonte
 * 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
 * 6th Gent–Wevelgem
 * 7th Halle–Ingooigem
 * 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen


 * 2017 (14)
 * 1st Jersey yellow flanders.svg Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
 * Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 3, 5, 12 & 13
 * Held Jersey pink.svg & Jersey white.svg after Stage 3
 * Tour of Guangxi
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 6
 * Vuelta a San Juan
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4
 * 1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain
 * 4th Primus Classic
 * 5th Milan–San Remo
 * 8th Road race, UCI World Championships
 * 9th Gent–Wevelgem


 * 2018 (9)
 * Tour de France
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4
 * Held Jersey yellow.svg & Jersey green.svg after Stage 1
 * Held Jersey white.svg after Stages 1–2
 * Tour of California
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1, 5 & 7
 * Colombia Oro y Paz
 * 1st Jersey dark blue.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
 * 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a San Juan


 * 2019 (6)
 * Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 3
 * Held Jersey violet.svg after Stage 3
 * Tour of Guangxi
 * 1st Stages 1 & 5
 * Vuelta a San Juan
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4
 * 1st Stage 2 UAE Tour
 * 2nd Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 4th Münsterland Giro


 * 2020 (6)
 * 1st Giro della Toscana
 * Vuelta a San Juan
 * 1st Stages 2, 4 & 7
 * 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour du Limousin
 * 7th Milano–Torino


 * 2021 (1)
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne
 * 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
 * 10th Brussels Cycling Classic


 * 2022 (2)
 * Tour of Oman
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1 & 6
 * 2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt


 * 2023 (2)
 * 1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a San Juan
 * 2nd Milano–Torino
 * 7th Clásica de Almería


 * 2024 (1)
 * 1st Stage 1 Tour Colombia

Track

 * 2012
 * UCI World Junior Championships
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Omnium
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Madison (with Jordan Parra)


 * 2013
 * Pan American Championships
 * 1st PanAmericanJersey.png Omnium
 * 2nd Silver medal america.svg Team pursuit
 * Bolivarian Games
 * 1st Gold medal bolivarianos.svg Omnium
 * 1st Gold medal bolivarianos.svg Madison (with Juan Arango)
 * 2nd Omnium, National Championships


 * 2014
 * 1st Gold medal centralamerica.svg Omnium, Central American and Caribbean Games
 * 1st Gold medal southamerica.svg Omnium, South American Games
 * 1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, London


 * 2015
 * Pan American Games
 * 1st Gold medal america.svg Omnium
 * 1st Gold medal america.svg Team pursuit
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Omnium, UCI World Championships


 * 2016
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Omnium, UCI World Championships


 * 2019
 * Torneo Internacional de Pista de Cali
 * 1st Madison (with Juan Arango)
 * 2nd Omnium


 * 2023
 * Pan American Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal america.svg Omnium
 * 2nd Silver medal america.svg Madison (with Juan Arango)
 * 2nd Silver medal america.svg Team pursuit
 * 2nd Silver medal america.svg Elimination