Elia Viviani has signed a new contract extension as he looks to continue his winning momentum with Team Sky.

The Italian sprinter is coming off the back of a special 2016 campaign which culminated in an Olympic Gold medal on the track in the omnium.

Viviani joined Team Sky in 2015 and quickly notched up one of his major career goals, taking an emotional Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia.

With 10 wins in Sky colours to his name, Viviani has continued to progress in bunch kicks and is widely considered as one of the fastest men in the world.

He said: "This feels like my team. That's the most important thing. I feel really really good with my team-mates, the staff, and this makes a big difference. When I think of the last two years with Team Sky, I completed my dream, winning a stage at the Giro d'Italia, and this year I won Olympic Gold. 

"When we talked about my new contract we also spoke about my biggest goals for the next two years and I want to try and win my dream race, Milan-San Remo. That's on the top of my list, and I'd also like to go back to the Giro d'Italia after what happened this year. I had a bad time at the Giro and I'd like to be a protagonist of the race in 2017. The red jersey will be a big focus."

Viviani's sole focus in 2016 was winning Olympic Gold on the track and he's quick to praise the team for getting behind that goal.

"When I came here my focus was to start winning bigger races - my dream was to win a stage of the Giro d'Italia, and then in my first Giro with Team Sky I did that. This year it was all about the Olympics for me, and the team allowed me to prepare in the best way possible for that.

"They knew I would need to sacrifice a lot of the road season to focus and this made a big difference to my preparations. I never had any pressure from the team to take a result on the road and they knew what my goal was.

"Not all teams have this mentality. They wouldn't know how much time I needed to prepare for the track work. We had a lot of collaboration with the Italian Federation and I need to say thank you to Team Sky."