Fernando Gaviria

Fernando Gaviria
	Gaviria at the 2018 Münsterland Giro
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Gaviria Rendón
Born	19 August 1994 (age 29); La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Team information
Current team	Movistar Team
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team
2013–2015	Colombia–Coldeportes
Professional teams
→ 2015	Etixx–Quick-Step (stagiaire)
2016–2018	Etixx–Quick-Step
2019–2022	UAE Team Emirates
2023–	Movistar Team
Major wins
	Road Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (2018) Giro d'Italia Points classification (2017) 5 individual stages (2017, 2019) One-day races and Classics GP Impanis-Van Petegem (2016) Paris–Tours (2016) Track Omnium, World Championships (2015, 2016)
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Pan American Games
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games
Bolivarian Games
World Junior Championships
Men's road cycling
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bolivarian Games

Fernando Gaviria Rendón (born 19 August 1994) is a Colombian professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.

^ ^a ^b "Fernando Gaviria - UAE team Emirates". Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Movistar Team". UCI. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^ "Fernando Gaviria Rendon". Cycling Archive. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

[Fernando_Gaviria_-_UAE_team_Emirates-1] "Fernando Gaviria - UAE team Emirates". Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[2] "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[3] "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

[4] "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[5] "Movistar Team". UCI. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

[cyclingarchive-6] "Fernando Gaviria Rendon". Cycling Archive. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

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