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Rigoberto
Uran

CO
Birthdate
26.01.1987
Birthplace
Urrao
Height
173 cm
Weight
63 kg

Rigoberto's biography

Prof. since: 2006
Victories: 8
Style of rider: climber
Nickname: Rigo
Hobbies: travelling
Favourite race: Giro di Lombardia
Personal website: www.rigobertouran.com
Twitter name: @uranrigoberto 

Mountains have always been a part of Rigoberto’s life. Second at the Giro d’Italia in 2013 and 2014, he was born in Colombia at almost 2,000 meters elevation and loves to train on his home roads near Medellin, riding long climbs of 2,000 to 2,500 meters. “Spectacular scenery! When I train I love to look around; it’s a sort of mental yoga,” says Rigoberto. When he is in Europe he lives in Italy - Brescia, to be precise - where he has many friends and a very special second family. “When I crashed at the Deutschland Tour in 2007 I broke a lot of bones and they were there for me,” he says. “I also have a fan club with about 70 members in Brescia.”

Rigoberto first started riding thanks to his father. At 14 years of age he discovered his talent, winning his first race, a time trial. “I didn’t even have racing equipment and clothing,” Rigoberto recalls, “but from that day my life changed.” After a series of good results, Rigo exploded on the scene in the last Giro d’Italia, where in addition to two second places overall he claimed a splendid victory on the Altopiano del Montasio in 2013, and the beautiful ITT performance in the 12th stage of 2014 (Barbaresco to Barolo) . “These successesgave me a lot of confidence and repaid me for all the hard work. Now I’m looking to the future with peace of mind, ready to climb new mountains while representing my team and my country.”

Stats 2015

UCI Ranking: 13
#Wins: 2 (More info)
#Top-10 positions: 25 (More info)
Race distance covered: 11624.7 km
Days of racing: 73 days


Distances

National Championships Colombia - ITT 40.6 km 1 days
National Championships Colombia - Road Race 188.8 km 1 days
Classic Sud Ardèche - Souvenir Francis Delpech 198 km 1 days
La Drome Classic 201 km 1 days
Strade Bianche 200 km 1 days
Tirreno-Adriatico 1004.3 km 7 days
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 1238.1 km 7 days
Tour de Romandie 711.7 km 6 days
Giro d'Italia 3502 km 21 days
Tour de France 3360.3 km 21 days
Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian 219 km 1 days
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 201.6 km 1 days
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 205.6 km 1 days
World Championships - TTT 38.8 km 1 days
World Championships - ITT 53.5 km 1 days
World Championships - Road Race 261.4 km 1 days
Total 11624.7 km 73 days

Rigoberto's victories

2007 (2)
stage 2b Euskal Bizikleta, 7th stage Tour de Suisse

2012 (2)
4th stage Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Giro del Piemonte

2013 (1)
10th stage Giro d`Italia

2014 (1)
12th stage Giro d'Italia

2015 (2)
Colombian ITT championships, Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

Rigoberto's previous teams

2015: Etixx - Quick Step (WT)
2014: Omega Pharma - Quick-Step (WT)
2013: Sky Procycling (WT)
2012: Sky Procycling (WT)
2011: Sky Procycling (WT)
2010: Caisse d'Epargne (PT)
2009: Caisse d'Epargne (PT)
2008: Caisse d'Epargne (PT)
2007: Unibet.com (PCT)
2006: Team Tenax Salmilano (PCT)

Rigoberto's photos

Rigoberto's videos

Uran verkent tijdrit Giro in maart
Uran verkent tijdrit Giro in maart
21/05/2014

Rigoberto's news

Etixx - Quick-Step rider Rigoberto Uran moved up from 6th to 4th in the overall classification after the 59.4km Stage 14 ITT of the Giro d'Italia, from Treviso to Valdobbiadene, on Saturday. Uran finished 23rd in the stage, 2'45" down on stage winner Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky). Kiryienka crossed the finish line with a time of 1:17:52 (45.771km/h). Uran's time of 1:20:37 was at an average speed of 44.207 kilometers per hour.

Etixx - Quick-Step rider Rigoberto Uran gained 17" of time in the overall classification on Friday, and remains in 6th overall, down 2 minutes and two seconds. The Colombian rider reduced the gap in the GC after a crash just outside 3km to go in 147km Giro d'Italia Stage 13, from Montecchio Maggiore to Lido di Jesolo. Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) was caught in the crash, but riders such as Fabio Aru (Astana) and Uran were not. Aru now wears the maglia rosa with a 19" advantage on Contador.

Etixx - Quick-Step rider Rigoberto Uran suffered a crash in the final kilometers of 153km Giro d'Italia Stage 11 on Wednesday, from Forlì to Imola. However, the Colombian rider was able to get up immediately and catch back to the maglia rosa group to lose no time in the arrival. Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha) won the stage solo out of an original 10-rider breakaway that was down to seven at about 40km to go in the stage.

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Rigoberto's blog

A time trial is probably the purest form of cycling you can imagine. Just the rider and his bike fighting the course and the elements. Yesterday was not an exception to that: Climbs, fast flat parts, wind, rain, and slippery descents. If the legs …