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Alasdair Fotheringham

'Finding out I wasn't doing the Tour de France via the media was what made me most unhappy' – Fernando Gaviria on comeback trail with new squad Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

Fernando Gaviria during the recent Tour of Oman.

A year after he missed out on the Tour de France, next July, Fernando Gaviria is poised to return to cycling's biggest bike race – and it's all thanks to one of the most unlikely of scenarios.

A former winner of seven Grand Tour stages, Gaviria's career looked to be near to be ending late last year after Movistar failed to renew his contract, on top of which he was found guilty of driving five times over the limit by a court in Monaco, receiving a five-month suspended sentence as well as a fine.

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