Jon Dibben facing his biggest challenge yet with first full road season at Team Sky

The track world champion confirmed his contract with Team Sky on Tuesday afternoon

Jon Dibben wins points race, Revolution round 5 January 2016 (Andy Jones)

(Image credit: Andy Jones)

Jon Dibben, who Team Sky confirmed in its roster today, says that his first road season in 2017 will be his biggest challenge yet.

Dibben, 22, just finished a busy track season. He took the points race gold medal in London and help Great Britain with a silver medal in the team pursuit. However, he broke his elbow and was overlooked for the Olympics.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.