An omnium (from Latin omnium : of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling . Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that feature the three primary road race events ( time trial , mass start and criterium ).
25-669: The omnium was re-introduced into the World Championships as a five-race track cycling format for men in 2007 and for women in 2009. The omnium was changed in 2010 by the UCI to include the elimination race and the distances of the events were lengthened to favour endurance cyclists. The omnium replaced the individual pursuit and the points race at the Summer Olympic Games beginning in 2012 . The change received some criticism from cyclist Rebecca Romero , who
50-578: A 15 km points race , and a 1 km time trial. The placing a rider achieves in each event is converted to points, and the rider with the fewest points at the end of the competition wins. Prior to the introduction of "the Devil" in 2011, the Omnium consisted of five events. Effective 20 June 2014, the Omnium consists of six events: a scratch race , a 5 km individual pursuit , an elimination race ,
75-400: A contract for 2016. Lefevere also said that such a contract would not prevent Gaviria competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics . Following these tests, Gaviria signed a contract for 2016 with Etixx–Quick-Step, along with fellow Colombian Rodrigo Contreras . Gaviria's plans to ride in the 2016 Olympic Games were affirmed by Lefevere; he also suggested that Gaviria might ride as a stagiaire for
100-454: A one-lap flying start time trial , a 1 km time trial, and a points race . For the first five events, riders are awarded 40, 38, 36 etc. points for 1st, 2nd 3rd etc. place. Riders ranked 21st and below are awarded 1 point. To this total, riders can add and subtract points based on laps gained and lost and points won in sprints in the Points race. The rider with the highest total of points
125-491: A similar manner to the first five events in the regular omnium. A road race omnium consists of a time trial , a criterium , and a mass-start road race – typically held across a weekend or other 2-3 day period. Points are awarded to the top finishers at each event and totalled at the end of the event. The overall winner for the event is chosen based on the number of accumulated points. Often, organisers will stipulate that riders must complete each event in order to qualify for
150-476: Is a Colombian professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team . 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
175-405: Is the brother of track cyclist Juliana Gaviria . 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. Before his road career, Gaviria won the omnium and madison events at the 2012 UCI Juniors Track World Championships . In 2014, he won
200-509: Is the winner. Three riders have won the event twice, Benjamin Thomas of France, Ethan Hayter of Great Britain and Fernando Gaviria of Colombia. Of these, Thomas, with two golds and three silvers has the best record in the event. This cycling-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fernando Gaviria Grand Tours One-day races and Classics Fernando Gaviria Rendón (born 19 August 1994)
225-567: The Giro della Toscana one-day race. In 2021, he only saw one victory: stage three of the Tour de Pologne . Gaviria started 2022 in the Middle East, winning two stages and the points classification of the Tour of Oman . Three months later, he finished second at Eschborn–Frankfurt before going on to compete in the Giro d'Italia . Here, he finished second on two stages, third on one and second in
250-495: The Tour de San Luis , one of the major early-season cycling races. He won a surprise victory in the first stage of the race, opening his sprint early and beating 2011 world champion Mark Cavendish of the Etixx–Quick-Step team into second place. Cavendish said after the race that he had not heard of Gaviria before the race. Gaviria then won the third stage of the race, again beating Cavendish into second place. Cavendish won
275-410: The 2016 season, the three timed events – the sprint time trial, flying lap and individual pursuit were all removed from the event, a tempo race added, and the event shortened to a single day. The points race as final race format remains with minor modifications. The winner of the Omnium is the rider who has obtained the highest total of points. In the event of a tie in the final ranking, the places in
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#1732773413935300-535: The Tour de France, starting Day 2 in the Yellow Jersey. Gaviria and other major sprinters such as André Greipel and Dylan Groenewegen were unable to finish stage 11 which was the third major hilly alps stage within the time limit and were eliminated. Gaviria suffered a broken collarbone at the Tour of Turkey and was forced to abandon, ending his 2018 campaign. Shortly after his injury at the Tour of Turkey, it
325-487: The final sprint of the last event, the Points Race breaks the tie. A rider must have completed every event in the omnium, otherwise they are ranked last. A para omnium in para-track cycling was introduced in 2020, featuring four events: Individual events except the flying 200 m may be held as part of the stand-alone events, with only the omnium participants eligible for omnium points. Points are awarded in
350-409: The final stage of the event, with Gaviria finishing a close second. Following these high-profile victories, there were reports that several UCI World Tour teams were seeking to sign Gaviria, including AG2R La Mondiale , though he committed his 2015 season to riding with the Colombian national team. Later reports suggested that his most likely 2016 team was Cavendish's own Etixx–Quick-Step team. It
375-545: The overall prize. UCI Track Cycling World Championships %E2%80%93 Men%27s omnium The Men's omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships was first competed in 2007 in Spain. Until 20 June 2014, the Omnium consisted of six events: a one-lap flying start time trial , 5 km scratch race , an elimination race known as "the Devil", a 4 km individual pursuit ,
400-478: The points classification. At the end of the season, he obtained no notable results and was criticized by Joxean Fernández , the manager of UAE Team Emirates, who questioned his "focus and motivation". For the 2023 season, Gaviria joined Movistar Team on a one-year contract, bringing home two stage wins in his initial season, one at the Tour de Romandie and one at the Vuelta a San Juan . He started off 2024 with
425-498: The race preventing another victory. In February he won a stage and the points classification at the new race Tour La Provence . In early March he became the first rider to win two gold medals in the Omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships by defending his title from the previous year. He won stage 3 of Tirreno–Adriatico , his first victory at World Tour level. In 2017, he was named in
450-597: The rainbow jersey. Gaviria made his debut for Etixx–Quick-Step as a stagiaire in August 2015 at the RideLondon–Surrey Classic . He finished in eighth position, the highest-placed Etixx–Quick-Step rider. His next race for the team was in the Czech Cycling Tour , where Etixx–Quick-Step won the first stage, a team time trial . The following day Gaviria won his first individual stage victory for
475-419: The start list for the Giro d'Italia and won Stage 3 from Tortolì to Cagliari in a sprint finish, taking the lead in the general classification in the process. He achieved further success by winning Stages 5, 12 and 13 in bunch sprints, making him the first Colombian to win four stages in a single Giro d'Italia. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France . Gaviria won stage 1 of
500-423: The team during 2015. In February 2015, Gaviria competed for Colombia in the track World Championships in the omnium competition. Although he won none of the six events, he was consistent throughout. In the concluding points race , he was able to gain an early lap on the field, giving him a large advantage; he was then able to mark his closest rival, Elia Viviani , and secured a comfortable overall victory to win
525-469: The team, winning a reduced bunch sprint. After this race, it was the Tour of Britain , where Gaviria managed to take one stage win ahead of several world class sprinters including André Greipel and Elia Viviani . 2016 began almost as strongly as the previous season. He won the Team Time Trial with Etixx–Quick-Step and also took another stage at the Tour de San Luis . He crashed out later in
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#1732773413935550-528: The under-23 Pan-American road race. He also competed in the 2014 Tour de l'Avenir . Although he did not win a stage, he won the bunch sprint behind the breakaway on the first stage and ended the race second in the points competition. Later that year he won the omnium in the London round of the 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup . Gaviria's first major road cycling winning streak started in January 2015 at
575-410: Was also revealed that Gaviria had been recommended in 2014 to Patrick Lefevere , the manager of Etixx–Quick-Step, but the team declined to sign him. Following Gaviria's success at the Tour de San Luis, Lefevere called this a "mistake". In February 2015, Lefevere announced that Gaviria would be undergoing tests with Etixx–Quick-Step after the UCI Track Cycling World Championships , a further move towards
600-521: Was announced that Gaviria was joining the UAE Team Emirates team on a three-year contract from the 2019 season. In his first season with the team, he won the third stage of the Giro d'Italia , his fifth win total in the race. Earlier that season, he won a stage of the UAE Tour , and ended the year with two more wins at the Tour of Guangxi . Gaviria won six more races in 2020, including
625-603: Was left unable to defend her Olympic title. From June 2014 until the end of 2016, the omnium as defined by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) consisted of the following six events held over 2 days: For the first five events, each winner was awarded 40 points, each second place 38 points, each third place 36, etc. Riders ranked 21st and below will each be awarded 1 point. In the Points Race, riders add to and lose points from their totals based on laps gained and lost, and points won in sprints. After
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