Michal Kwiatkowski

Whether pounding cobbles, battling in sprints, or winning mountain stages, these young riders will deliver excitement in the coming years

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Michal Kwiatkowski, winner of the 2014 world championships, will line up at the Giro di Lombardia for his first race in the rainbow jersey

At worlds, Kwiatkowski, 24, leads the way for a young cohort that is talented and promising

Ponferrada's world championships served up a tantalizing preview of future one-day battles in the classics and beyond

The Australian comes up just short of winning the rainbow jersey in the road race

The 24-year-old catapults to victory in the road race thanks to his teammates' efforts

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Brazenly attacking as the others waited, Michal Kwiatkowski rolled the dice and came away from the table a winner

Michael Kwiatkowski jumps away from a furious pursuit to first join, then drop a breakaway and ride alone to the rainbow jersey in Spain

The peloton underestimates a three-man breakaway, and Movistar's Alex Dowsett jumps into the lead at the Tour of Britain

The 24-year-old Polish rider hopes to stamp his season with a GC victory

Kwiatkowski claims his first stage at the Tour of Britain and now wears the yellow leader's jersey

Michal Kwiatkowski came out swinging at the Tour, in spite of his youth and overall GC ambitions

Tony Martin smashed his pursuers on Sunday, and gave an aggressive Omega Pharma-Quick Step team its second win of the 2014 Tour

Michal Kwiatkowski continues to impress as the 23-year-old delivers one big ride after another

Polish champion undoes the favorites to take a time trial victory to open the Swiss stage race

The Sky rider headlines a strong field at the six-day race in Switzerland that begins Tuesday

Defending champ Martin crashes in the final corner, chasing a late breakaway, and in the finale Gerrans rockets to the victory at Liège

With an historic route for its 100th edition, Sunday's Liège–Bastogne–Liège promises an explosive finale to the Ardennes classics

Polish champion says he is confident and tactically ready to contest the victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Spaniard attacks to win the midweek Ardennes classic ahead of reigning Liège–Bastogne–Liège champion Daniel Martin

A different approach to the season is paying dividends for the young Polish champion, who says he's still learning his trade

Omega Pharma is traditionally thought of as a cobbled classics team, but this year the Ardennes may show another side to the Belgian squad

The Polish rider kicks off the Ardennes classics with Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race

Contador finishes second in the final time trial behind world champion Martin as Valverde plummets off the podium

Alberto Contador attacked 32km from the finish of stage 5 at Tirreno-Adriatico and was able to hold on for the win and the GC lead

Alberto Contador wins Tirreno stage 4 summit finish ahead of Quintana, Porte, Kwiatkowski, Urán and others

Peter Sagan won stage 3 at Tirreno-Adriatico and dedicated it to his ailing mother; Kwiatkowski finished second on the stage and now leads

After the two escape a strong group of contenders Kwiatkowski rockets away from Sagan on the final climb to take the victory in Siena

Omega Pharma's breakthrough Polish rider has started 2014 where last year left off, and appears on the verge of notching a major win

Omega Pharma general manager calls his breakout Polish rider one of the best in the world and says Kwiatkowski needs to focus on fewer races

Polish all-rounder attacks through the breakaway to take a solo victory

The pair wins U23 Rider of the Year, Most Improved Awards for 2013

Omega Pharma-Quick Step edges Orica-GreenEdge by less than a second to defend its title

Renshaw is reunited with Mark Cavendish and will serve in the sprinter's leadout train

A number of riders that finished the Tour de France will line up for Saturday's one-day classic in Spain

The 28-year-old's Tour victory, combined with the top performances of other 20-somethings, confirmed there is a new breed of racers

Young Polish champion is riding consistently throughout his first Tour de France and enjoying the maillot blanc with nine days remaining

Thirty-five riders are in the Best Young Rider competition entering Saturday's Tour start in Corsica

We look at three Specialized bikes from two different teams at the Criterium du Dauphine and break down the build for each one

Fabian Cancellara and a slew of first-time winners came out on top in the classics, but who didn't?

He's led a major stage race, attacked the Tour of Flanders, and finished top-five twice in the Ardennes, and Michal Kwiatkowski is searching for his spot

Just 22, Polish rider Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) continues to impress, most recently with his ride at the Tour of Flanders

Twenty-four seconds separate the top four GC riders at Tirreno-Adriatico, so the race could come down to Tuesday's finishing time trial

Froome rockets away in the final kilometer to win the stage and slip into second overall

Canadian is best against the clock while Kwiatkowski takes command of the GC

Rémy Di Gregorio will return to a French squad in 2012 after signing with Cofidis, the team announced Friday. Di Gregorio, 26, will leave Astana at the end of the season.

Team manager Johan Bruyneel calls the three "classy riders" with "a lot of potential."