Elia Viviani

Viviani sets sights on Sanremo and Tour in 2019 in a build to Olympic defense.

Elia Viviani keeps racking up wins in his first season with Quick-Step, a team that has helped him to flourish in the field sprints.

Viviani helping drive Quick-Step toward the team's possible highest ever single-season victory total

Giro d'Italia withdrawals? We've got the entire race, right here, in 60seconds.

Saying that his bike has been checked multiple times for a hidden motor, sprinter Viviani is entirely supportive of the UCI's controls.

VN got a look at Elia Viviani's Specialized S-Works Tarmac Disc.

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Having raced before with Froome, sprinter Elia Viviani thinks a Giro win would be the Brit's crowning achievement.

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Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) finished second to Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) on Sunday at Gent-Wevelgem.

With the season's first monument classic getting underway Saturday in Italy, the VeloNews podcast turns to the Recon Ride for an in-depth race preview

The world’s best sprinters are bracing for the season’s first major battles in Europe next week at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.

Phil Bauhaus edged Marcel Kittel and Pascal Ackermann to capture the stage win.

Elia Viviani and Fernando Gaviria have a combined eight wins this season, including Viviani's stage win Thursday in Abu Dhabi.

The Italian rider won the second stage in a sprint and will wear the race leader's jersey for Friday's stage 3.

Elia Viviani took his second victory of the race and sealed the overall victory on Saturday, as a late crash marred the sprint.

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Mark Cavendish won the third stage at the Dubai Tour and now sits second overall at 4 seconds behind new leader Elia Viviani.

Elia Viviani sprints to victory in Dubai Tour stage 2 on his 29th birthday, his second victory of 2018 with Quick-Step.

Elia Viviani won the second stage of the race, while Dylan Groenewegen maintained his overall lead.

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With the Tour de France concluding in a few days, news about potential rider transfers is heating up.

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Elia Viviani sprints to victory in stage 3 of Tour de Romandie ahead of fellow Italian Sonny Colbrelli.

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After the UCI announces changes to the track omnium program, Olympic champ Viviani expects more pro road cyclists to hop in.

Elia Viviani rode to the gold medal in the two-day event Monday in Rio, giving his country a boost on the boards.

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Italian Elia Viviani won the Olympics men's track omnium Monday despite a crash in the points race caused by sprint rival Mark Cavendish.

“Kittel is in top form. He’s unbelievable. At the moment he’s the strongest sprinter in the world," says Elia Viviani.

Elia Viviani, hit by a race moto after a crash in Arenberg, was one of several riders injured on a hectic day on the cobblestones of northern France

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Despite a perfect lead-out from Etixx – Quick-Step, Elia Viviani beats Marcel Kittel in Driedaagse De Panne's stage 2 sprint.

The British team could be a threat in every stage race it starts this season, thanks to some new signees over the winter.

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Elia Viviani bested compatriots Sacha Modolo and Giacomo Nizzolo to take the Dubai Tour's second stage

The Sky rider was able to avoid a crash in the final kilometer that seemed to hold up his sprint rivals.

Mark Cavendish wants to wear yellow and win a medal at the Olympics (track) and worlds (road) in 2016. One rival says that's unrealistic.

Esteban Chaves notches his first win in a pro stage race as Elia Viviani pips the world champ to take the final stage

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The Sky rider out-sprints the world champion at the finish line of the second stage in the Middle Eastern race.

Elia Viviani claims his second stage win as Vakoc crashes out of race lead. JJ Lobato now holds the yellow jersey.

Sky's Elia Viviani takes the Eneco Tour's first leader's jersey with a sprint victory in Bolsward.

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Michael Matthews takes the maglia rosa at the Giro d'Italia as Elia Viviani out-kicks the field for the victory in stage 2

The squad will work for the Tasmanian starting this weekend as he attempts to win his first grand tour

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Hot off his Flanders victory, the Katusha rider is the top favorite for Wednesday's Scheldeprijs that starts without Kittel or Cavendish

Lotto Soudal's Belgian champion, Jens Debusschere sprints to first win of season. Malori keeps overall lead amid crashes and crosswinds

Philippe Gilbert nearly steals the show, but it's Mark Cavendish who finally takes center stage at the finish of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

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Mark Cavendish maintains his grip on the race lead with two stages remaining

Viviani hopes to be Sky's go-to sprinter in Italian races and has plans to target the track at the Rio Olympics

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Jens Voigt rocked the Garden of the Gods with a 27-mile solo attack — nearly long enough for the 42-year-old to survive for a win

Marcel Kittel leads the field of sprinters at the Giro, which kicks off May 9. Will he rule the mass gallops on the Italian roads?

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Moreno Moser impresses at Cannondale's U.S. presentation, but he's no Axl Rose

He's joined by a number of other speedsters, including Moreno Moser and Fabio Aru

The Cannondale rider beats Petacchi, Ciolek in a tight finish

Wells prevails in the women's circuit race as Viviani wins the men's finale and the overall

Muprhy and Powers lead the overall standings with one stage to go

The three-day race near Chicago kicks off with a time trial on Aug. 2

David Veilleux keeps his GC lead and now has a 1:56 advantage over Gianni Meersman

As expected, Peter Sagan and Tom Boonen abandon as they prepare for Sunday's Tour of Flanders

With the Olympics a done deal, the Italian sprinter has his eye on a maglia rosa for 2013

Sagan will return to the Amgen Tour of California in 2013

Italian wins Beijing opener under clearing skies

Italian sprinter withdraws from track worlds with hairline fracture

Young Italian prepping for omnium bid before turning to career goal of winning Milan-San Remo

At five, he has claimed the most victories so far in 2012