Unless you've been living under a rock, you will have heard these two names coming up as they destroy more established sprinters. At only 21 they seem to be head and shoulders above anyone else their age.
A quick background on both:
Caleb Ewan:
Current team: Orica-GreenEdge
Date of birth: 11/07/1994
Nationality: Australia
Hometown: Sydney
Palmares
2010
1st National Junior Road Race Championships
2011
1st National Junior Criterium Championships
2012
1st National Junior Time Trial Championships
1st Stage 4 Rothaus Regio-Tour International
1st Stage 2b Liège–La Gleize
1st Gent–Menen
2nd World Junior Road Race Championships
2nd Overall Bay Crits
1st Stages 2 & 4
2nd Trofeo Comune di Vertova
2nd Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores
2013
1st Overall Bay Crits
1st Stage 1
1st GP Palio del Recioto
1st La Côte Picarde
Thüringen-Rundfahrt
1st Points classification
1st Stages 4 & 7
Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Stage 2 Tour Alsace
3rd GP Industrie del Marmo
4th World Under-23 Road Race Championships
2014
1st Under-23 National Criterium Championships
1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir
2nd World Under-23 Road Race Championships
2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
3rd Overall Bay Crits
1st Stage 4
3rd People's Choice Classic
6th Trofeo Piva
2015
1st Overall Bay Crits
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
Herald Sun Tour
1st Stages 2 & 3
Tour de Langkawi
1st, Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 6
1st Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Under 23 classification[10]
1st Overall Tour de Korea
1st Stages 2, 3, 5 & 7
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
2nd National Criterium Championships
2nd National Road Race Championships
2016
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Overall Bay Crits
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
1st People's Choice Classic
1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
Fernando Gaviria:
Current team: Etixx - Quick-Step
Date of birth: 19/08/1994
Nationality: Colombia
Hometown: La Ceja
Palmares
2012
1st Juniors Track World Championships (Omnium)
1st Juniors Track World Championships (Madison)
2013
1st Pan American Track Championships (Omnium)
2nd Pan American Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
1st Bolivarian Games (Road Race)
2014
1st Central American and Caribbean Games (Omnium)
1st South American Games (Omnium)
1st Round 2 Track Cycling World Cup - London (Omnium)
1st Pan American Road Championships (U23 Road Race)
2nd Central American and Caribbean Games (Individual Time Trial)
4th Central American and Caribbean Games (Road Race)
2015
1st Track Cycling World Championships (Omnium)
1st Pan American Games (Omnium)
1st Pan American Games (Team Pursuit)
1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain
1st Stages 1 & 3 Tour de San Luis
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2 Czech Cycling Tour
2016
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2 Tour de San Luis
One is built like a traditional sprinter, the other fits into a women's skinsuit, but both have an appetite for winning and have taken some big scalps.
What are everyone's thoughts? Future sprint stars in the making, potential classics stars or simply early developers? I certainly can't wait for them to go head to head.
A quick background on both:
Caleb Ewan:
Current team: Orica-GreenEdge
Date of birth: 11/07/1994
Nationality: Australia
Hometown: Sydney
Palmares
2010
1st National Junior Road Race Championships
2011
1st National Junior Criterium Championships
2012
1st National Junior Time Trial Championships
1st Stage 4 Rothaus Regio-Tour International
1st Stage 2b Liège–La Gleize
1st Gent–Menen
2nd World Junior Road Race Championships
2nd Overall Bay Crits
1st Stages 2 & 4
2nd Trofeo Comune di Vertova
2nd Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores
2013
1st Overall Bay Crits
1st Stage 1
1st GP Palio del Recioto
1st La Côte Picarde
Thüringen-Rundfahrt
1st Points classification
1st Stages 4 & 7
Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Stage 2 Tour Alsace
3rd GP Industrie del Marmo
4th World Under-23 Road Race Championships
2014
1st Under-23 National Criterium Championships
1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir
2nd World Under-23 Road Race Championships
2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
3rd Overall Bay Crits
1st Stage 4
3rd People's Choice Classic
6th Trofeo Piva
2015
1st Overall Bay Crits
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
Herald Sun Tour
1st Stages 2 & 3
Tour de Langkawi
1st, Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 6
1st Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Under 23 classification[10]
1st Overall Tour de Korea
1st Stages 2, 3, 5 & 7
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
2nd National Criterium Championships
2nd National Road Race Championships
2016
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Overall Bay Crits
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
1st People's Choice Classic
1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
Fernando Gaviria:
Current team: Etixx - Quick-Step
Date of birth: 19/08/1994
Nationality: Colombia
Hometown: La Ceja
Palmares
2012
1st Juniors Track World Championships (Omnium)
1st Juniors Track World Championships (Madison)
2013
1st Pan American Track Championships (Omnium)
2nd Pan American Track Championships (Team Pursuit)
1st Bolivarian Games (Road Race)
2014
1st Central American and Caribbean Games (Omnium)
1st South American Games (Omnium)
1st Round 2 Track Cycling World Cup - London (Omnium)
1st Pan American Road Championships (U23 Road Race)
2nd Central American and Caribbean Games (Individual Time Trial)
4th Central American and Caribbean Games (Road Race)
2015
1st Track Cycling World Championships (Omnium)
1st Pan American Games (Omnium)
1st Pan American Games (Team Pursuit)
1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain
1st Stages 1 & 3 Tour de San Luis
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2 Czech Cycling Tour
2016
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2 Tour de San Luis
One is built like a traditional sprinter, the other fits into a women's skinsuit, but both have an appetite for winning and have taken some big scalps.
What are everyone's thoughts? Future sprint stars in the making, potential classics stars or simply early developers? I certainly can't wait for them to go head to head.