Elia Viviani on Quick-Step move: 'I didn't want to have another season like 2017'

The Italian will leave the British team after a year with no rides in any Grand Tours

Elia Viviani of Italy wins the Cyclassics Hamburg race on August 20, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images for CYCLASSICS)

(Image credit: Alexander Koerner)

Elia Viviani wants next season with team Quick-Step, where he will ride for the next two years, to be different than the 2017 one had with Team Sky.

The Italian sprinter, winner of omnium gold in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and Sunday's Cyclassics Hamburg, broke his contract to leave Sky after three years. He announced the deal with Belgian team Quick-Step Floors this week.

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