Olympics: Fernando Gaviria to return to the track in Omnium as Bernal, Martínez named to Colombia's road team for Paris
Paula Pati&nt✃il🦩de;o earns sole spot for women's road race

The Colombian Cycling Federation announced their cycling team for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2024 Olympic Games in Paris, naming 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) for the time trial and road race and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) for the roaꦰd race only. The federation selected Paula Patiño (Movistar) for the sole entry for the wome꧑n's road race.
The inclusion of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia runner👍-up Martínez, the reigning Colombian time trial champion, was not much of a surprise, but Bernal's presence on the roster represents the country's faith that he has overcome the serious injuries from his crash in 2022 that have plagued his performance until this year.
Bernal is currently third overall at the Tour de Suisse and finished 168澳洲5最新🍬开奖结果:third overall ꧂in the Volta a Catalunya and O Gran Camiño earlier this season. He also has a limited history of performances in one-day races, taking third in Il Lombardia in 2019 behind compatriot Esteban Cha🃏ves.
Bernal and Martínez ✅were teammates with Ineos before Martínez moved to Bora-Hansgrohe this season.
While Patiño represented Colombia ওin the Tokyo Olympics, it will be an Olympic 🌼debut for both Bernal and Martínez.
"The criteria taken into account for the election of Paula, Daniel and Egan were related, among others, with the technical analysis of the UCI ranking in the last two years, prior to Paris 2024; the participations in the major races of the WorldTour circuit in both branches in the 2023 and 2024 seasons; the results obtained in the elite National Road Championships in the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons, and t🃏he technical analysis of the routes in which the competitions will take place in the French capital," the announcement stated.
"Paula Patiño, who belongs to the Spanish Movistar Team, and who has just won the National Road Ch🔯ampionship title this season, competed in the last Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, where she placed 22nd in the event, this being the best Olympic performance in women's road for our country in history."
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The country also announced its team for the track and mountain bike events, announcing the surprise return of sprinter 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Gaviria to the velodrome. The Movistar rider last ra♎ced track on an international level in 2016 when he won his second world title in the Omnium and placed fourth in the same event at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Colombia qualif🎃ied two positions for the individual sprint and Keirin and one for the Omnium,😼 which Gaviria will fill.
Kevin Quintero and Cristian Ortega will compete in the Keirin and Sprint, while Marthaꦚ Bayonne and Stefany Cuadrado will compete in the women's Keirin and Sprint.
Diego Alfonso Arias Cuervo will represent Colombi�🌺�a in the men's Cross Country MTB event on July 28 at Elancourt Hill outside Paris.

Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Lauꦕra specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.