Gaviria and Alaphilippe confirmed to lead Quick-Step Floors at Colombia Oro y Paz
Belg✱ian team extends 2018 South American race programme





Belgian squad 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Quick-Step Floors has been confirmed as a starter for February's 2.1 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Colombia Oro y Paz. Sprinter 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Gaviria and Frenchman 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Julian Alaphilippe will headline the squad at the 6-11 Fe💎b🍸ruary race.
Quick-Step Floors has already been announced as one of the team's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:for next month's Vuelta a San Juan and will continue his South American venture with the new Colombian stage race. The team joins Movistar as a🔯s WorldTour teams for the Colombia Oro y Paz.
Targeting further success at the Vuelta a San Juan withܫ Gaviria in January, who will also be able to call upon regular leadout man Max Richeze, the versatile team will look to continue its winning ways in Colombia.
Gaviria finished his 2017 season at the inaugural Tour of Guangxi where he won four stages. The 23-year-old finished the season with 14 wins to his name, including four stages of the Giro d'Italia, and will take on the mantle as 168澳洲5最ꦛ新开奖结果:Quick🔯-Step Floors' top sprinter in 2018.
For the new stage race, Quick-Step Floors will also field two of its neo-pros, Ecuadorian Jhonatan Jose Narvae꧙z and Colombina Alvaro Hodeg. Belg🎐ian Iljo Kiesse will round out the team.
ඣThe team will also be fielding a squad at the WorldTour opener next month, Tour Down Under (16-21 January), and possibly the Cadel Evans Great Oc🍃ean Road Race the following week in Geelong, requiring it to spread it riders across the globe.
With the confirmation of Gaviria's presence in the race, the top Colombians in the peloton will be on the start line for the race. Nairo and Dayer Quintana, Winner Anacona and Carlos Betancur will all be racing with the Movistar team. The organisers are also hopeful of attracting Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale), and Jarlinson Pantano (Trek-Segafredo) with the Colombian Cycling Federation president Jorge Ovidio Gonz&♏aacute;lez extending invitations to both teams. González has also reached out to Esteban Chaves and Orica Scott with the Australian team yet to decide on accepting the invitation.
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The American Pro-Continental UnitedHealthcare team, the Continental Team Illuminate of American, and a Russian national team are also confirmed for the race. The route for the six-stage race is yet to be a🔯nnounced.
Quick-Step Floors for 2018 Colombia Oro y Paz: Fernandoꦺ Gaviria, Julian Alaphilippe, Maximiliano Richeze,Iljo Keisse, Jhonatan Jose Narvaℱez and Alvaro Hodeg,