Rigoberto Urán Urán,

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(born 26 January 1987) is a Colombian former

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who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2024. During his professional career, Urán has taken fifteen victories, including stage wins at each of the three

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, and won a silver medal in the road race at the

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. He became the first Colombian ever to make the podium of the

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, when he finished second behind

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in the 2013 edition of the race, having taken leadership of following the abandonment of team captain

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. He also won a mountain-top stage in that race with a solo breakaway. The previous year, he had won the white jersey for best young rider, and a seventh-place finish overall. In the

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he finished second again in the general classification, this time behind countryman

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. At the

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, Urán won the ninth stage and finished second overall, fifty-four seconds down on race winner

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Early life

Urán was first introduced to the world of cycling at the age of 14 by his father, who was assassinated a few months later by one of the country's paramilitary terrorist groups. Rigoberto had to work as a lottery-ticket seller to help his family and at the age of 16 he turned professional and moved to

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to ride for Orgullo Paisa, a Colombian cycling team.

Cycling career

Tenax and Unibet (2006–07)

At the age of 19 he moved to Italy to ride for Team Tenax with his compatriot Marlon Pérez Arango. The following year he signed for and won a time trial at the

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that was stopped with some riders still left to go due to heavy rainfall and strong winds. He also won the eighth stage of the

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, getting away from a bunch of approximately 55 riders with to go and holding onto the lead. He also finished ninth overall of the race. At the

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he was in a breakaway with eventual stage winner

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when he flew down over a mountain stream and smashed into a retaining wall. He fractured both elbows and the right wrist.

Caisse d'Epargne (2008–10)

In 2008 he signed a contract with and went on to finish second at the

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and third at the

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, a prestigious one-day

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. At the

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, Urán competed in the road race but he did not finish. In 2009 he finished fifth overall at the

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and rode his first the

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and finished 52nd. In 2010 he rode the

and finished 7th overall in the

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. He also rode the

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but suffered a fall that ended his options of a high overall placing while being eighth overall.

Team Sky (2011–13)

2011

Urán joined for the 2011 season. He finished 5th in

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, and 4th overall in the

. At the

, Urán became leader of Sky after

crashed out on Stage 7. He finished 5th on Stage 14, taking the best young rider's jersey and moving up to 11th overall in the process. Urán lost the jersey to

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on Stage 18 after picking up an illness, and eventually finished 24th overall. He managed to recover in time for the

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where he placed 9th and took his first top 10 finish in the race. Urán travelled to Canada in September in order to ride the new Canadian World Tour classics that was introduced in 2010. His best result was 3rd at Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, which he later won in 2015.

2012

During the

, Urán claimed his first win for Sky on Stage 4 after winning a sprint from a 6-man breakaway which narrowly held off the chasing pack. Urán finished second on the following stage, and finished the race in fifth place overall. At the

he won the

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and finished seventh overall after being in the lead group for most of the mountain stages. He did not have one result that stood out in the individual stages, but finished in the ''top ten'' of stages 10, 14, 17 (4th), 19 and 20, which were all crucial mountainous affairs. He finished 5 minutes and 57 seconds in arrears of the victor, Canadian

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of . He took silver in the Olympic road race after breaking away with

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with to cover. Approximately 200 metres from the arrival, and with the victory secured for one of the two men, Urán looked back, unwisely over his left shoulder (since Vinokourov was on his right) to see if the chasers were approaching to threaten their lead. Vinokourov then started his sprint, taking Urán by surprise. Urán reacted with a delay since he did not see the move and could not close the gap as Vinokourov took the gold medal. He rode the

in support of his leader

, and finished in 29th position. Later in the fall, competing in the Italian Classic

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, Urán attacked in the final climb of the day, followed by

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(). The pair agreed verbally to cooperate until the 500 metres to go mark, and Urán started his sprint with 300 metres to go, winning by six seconds over

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of who was trying to come from behind. A couple of days later, he grabbed the third place in the Monument of cycling

in difficult weather conditions (cold and rain). He crossed the line in

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as part of a small group of chasers who unsuccessfully tried to reel in

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of the squad.

2013

Urán was selected for the

, originally as one of

' mountain domestiques. Urán sat fifth overall after Sky won the team time trial on Stage 2, and moved up to third overall on the following stage. He moved up to second overall, behind

, on Stage 4, after Wiggins lost time behind a crash. However, on Stage 7, Urán was forced to wait for Wiggins after he struggled then crashed on wet descents, and dropped out of the top ten as a result. After the individual time trial on Stage 8, Urán sat tenth overall, 2 minutes and 49 seconds behind new leader

. On Stage 10, the first mountain stage of the race, Urán launched an attack on the final climb, Altopiano del Montasio, and won the stage by 20 seconds from compatriot

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. Urán also moved up to third overall, 2 minutes and 4 seconds behind Nibali, and 1 second ahead of Wiggins. Wiggins withdrew due to illness after losing further time on Stage 12, leaving Urán as Sky's leader. Urán placed fifth on Stage 14 to maintain third place by a single second to

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, but solidified his position on Stage 16 as Santambrogio lost over two minutes. Urán came sixth in the mountain time trial on Stage 18 to reduce the gap to second placed

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to just 12 seconds. On the final summit finish on Stage 20, Urán came third behind Nibali and

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to leapfrog Evans into second place. He safely negotiated the final stage to finish the Giro second overall, 4 minutes and 43 seconds behind Nibali, to take his first Grand Tour podium. In August 2013, it was announced that Urán would leave at the end of the 2013 season, and join for the 2014 season.

Omega Pharma–Quick Step (2014–2015)

Urán started his 2014 season with another placing at the

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where he finished 3rd. Though aiming for the Giro d'Italia he was quiet during the

apart from finishing 4th in the penultimate time trial. A week later, he entered the

leading . His first week at the Giro started well where he was placed 2nd behind race leader

. He would put a stunning time trial performance on stage 12 not only taking the stage win, but also taking the race lead. This made him the first Colombian ever to wear the pink jersey as leader of the

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. He then kept a large margin of his lead on stages 14 and 15. However, on stage 16, he would lose his race lead to fellow Colombian

controversially, after thinking the Stelvio descent was neutralized where Quintana went off and attacked. Though his team reacted to this in a negative way, Urán never reacted to it. Though he put a solid 3rd place in the stage 19 mountain time trial, his chances of winning neared zero after being 3 minutes behind Quintana at the end of stage 19. Urán finished strong on the Zonoclan, finishing with Quintana and gaining time over the rest of the GC contenders. Despite the controversy on the Stelvio descent, Urán seemed happy enough to finish second in the Giro. After a nice start sitting 3rd overall, Urán slipped in the overall classification of the

, dropping out of contention as he suffered from asthmatic bronchitis. The team hoped Urán's condition would improve during the second rest day, but to no avail. He finally abandoned the race before Stage 17. In 2015, after a strong season start with a 3rd overall in

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and 5th overall in

and

, he had a quiet Giro, finishing in 14th position. Later that year, Urán won his first World Tour competition in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (2016–present)

2016

Starting in 2016, Urán joined team . In his first season with the team he targeted the

, but his form never reached the levels of two years earlier as he finished 7th overall. He finished the season with a 3rd place at Il Lombardia, his third such finish in the race.

2017

Urán had a stronger start to his 2017 season, finishing 8th overall at

and 9th overall at

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. His last preparation race before the

, was the

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where he finished 8th. Urán won Stage 9 of the Tour de France in a

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over

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(), despite his bicycle gearing being damaged in a crash involving

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() on the descent of the Mont du Chat. Porte had taken out Dan Martin, who then grazed Urán, hitting his derailleur, but remained upright. Approaching the final week, Urán was 4th in the general classification, only 29 seconds behind race leader

(). As a strong performer in time trials, Froome saw Urán as his closest rival in the race. Urán almost crashed on the final turn of the time trial, and ultimately lost 25 seconds to Froome, but he overhauled

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for second place overall, to record his first podium at the

. His team manager

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said "he is the best leadership figure as a rider I've ever worked with".

2018

Following his second place at the Tour de France in 2017, Urán was targeting the overall victory in 2018. He started his season in Colombia, riding the

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where he finished 7th. A week later he won stage 5 of Colombia Oro y Paz, and finished the race in 3rd overall. In June, Urán won stage 3 of

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, and took the leader's jersey. However, on the following stage, another Tour contender

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took the leader's jersey. Roglič also won the final stage, with Urán losing over a minute to Roglič; he finished 2nd overall, 1:50 behind Roglič. Urán started the

as one of the main favourites and was sitting in 6th place after stage 8. On stage 9 however, Urán experienced bad luck and crashed injuring his left arm and leg. He suffered through the first two days in the mountains before abandoning the race after stage 11. Urán returned to racing one month later at

where, he finished 6th which was his best result, to that point, at the race. He was looking to redeem himself at the

, and slowly made his way up in the general classification. On the penultimate stage, Urán finished 5th and advanced to 7th place overall, which was his first top 10 overall finish at the Vuelta. In October, Urán rode the

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and finished 2nd in the race. Italian rider Alessandro De Marchi had attacked early in the final, and the other contenders could not manage to pace him down. Urán was the best rider in the favourites group after he attacked inside the last .

2019

Urán crashed out on stage 6 of the

, being one of four riders to abandon due to the crash. He was sixth in the general classification at the start of the stage. He did not have any top 10 places in 2019 other than at the

2020

The 2020 cycling season was severely disrupted by the

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. At the

, Urán led the team where he was joined by compatriots Daniel Martínez and

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. He avoided mistakes and crashes, moving up to sixth overall by the first rest day. He progressed up to third overall ahead of the second rest day, after

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and

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all lost time in the mountains. On stage 17, Urán lost at least 39 seconds to all his general classification rivals – and around 2 minutes at most – after cracking in the last of the ascent of the

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; he dropped from third to sixth overall as a result. Urán ultimately finished the race in eighth overall. He finished the 2020 season with a fifteenth-place finish at

, finishing fourteen seconds off the race win, as part of an eleven-rider group.

2021

Urán's first victory of the 2021 season came at the

, where he won the penultimate stage

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by 40 seconds, as he finished second in the general classification behind

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. Urán led the team at the

; having been as high as second place overall, Urán cracked in the final week, and fell to tenth in the general classification. At the

-delayed

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, Urán placed eighth in both the road race and the

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2022–2023

Having previously won stages at the

and the

, Urán completed the Grand Tour stage win set with a victory on stage 17 at the

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; he had been part of the breakaway, and won a sprint against

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and

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at a summit finish in

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. With the result, he moved up to ninth overall, where he finished in

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. His best one-day result was fifth at October's

. Urán extended his stay with the team beyond the end of 2022, and in 2023, recorded top-ten overall finishes at the

(tenth) and the

(sixth).

Major results

Source: ;2003 : 1st MaillotColombia

Time trial, National Novice Road Championships : National Novice Track Championships ::1st MaillotColombia

Points race ::2nd Individual pursuit ;2005 : 1st MaillotColombia

Road race, National Junior Road Championships : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotColombia

Points race ::1st MaillotColombia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotColombia

Scratch ;2007 (2 pro wins) : 1st Stage 2b (

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)

: 2nd

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, National Road Championships : 9th Overall

::1st Stage 8 ;2008 (1) : 1st Stage 4

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: 2nd Overall

: 3rd

: 7th Overall

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;2009 : 5th Overall

;2010 : 7th Overall

: 7th

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: 9th

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;2011 : 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec : 3rd

: 4th Overall

: 5th

: 7th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

: 9th

::Held

after Stages 14–17 ;2012 (2) : 1st

: 2nd

Road race,

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

: 3rd

: 5th Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 7th Overall

::1st

Young rider classification Young rider classification () in a cycling jersey competition in multi-day stage race events, such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and many others, is an award for the current leader by overall time for riders below the age of twenty-six years ...

: 10th Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

;2013 (1) : 2nd Overall

::1st Stages 2 ( TTT) & 10 : 10th Overall

Volta ao Algarve Volta may refer to: Persons * Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt * Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop * Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1 ...

: 10th Trofeo Platja de Muro ;2014 (1) : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 12 (

) ::Held

after Stages 12–15 : 3rd Overall

: 9th Overall

Tour of Beijing The Tour of Beijing was an annual professional stage bicycle road race held in Beijing, China. History Its first edition took place in October 2011, as the penultimate event in the 2011 UCI World Tour. The tour was a partnership between the U ...

;2015 (2) : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotColombia

::4th Road race : 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec : 2nd Silver medal uci

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...

: 3rd Overall

: 5th Overall

: 7th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...

: 10th

;2016 : 3rd

: 3rd

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ...

: 4th

GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano The GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano is a road bicycle race held annually in Larciano, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, the race joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the ...

: 7th Overall

: 10th Overall

: 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec ;2017 (2) : 1st

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 9 : 3rd

: 3rd

: 8th Overall

: 9th Overall

;2018 (2) : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 2nd

: 3rd Overall Colombia Oro y Paz ::1st Stage 5 : 4th

: 6th Overall

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional Road bicycle racing, cycling race held in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The m ...

: 6th

: 7th Overall

: 7th

Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021 it joined the UCI ProSeries calendar after being cancelled in 2020. A ...

: 10th Overall

;2019 : 3rd Overall

Route d'Occitanie The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France. ...

: 6th Overall

Tour Colombia The Tour Colombia, called earlier Colombia Oro y Paz is a multi-day professional cycling race held annually in Colombia since 2018. It is on the UCI America Tour calendar as a category 2.1 event. Winners See also * Vuelta a Colombia ...

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) : 7th Overall

;2020 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

: 8th Overall

;2021 (1) : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 7 (

) :

::8th Road race ::8th

: 10th Overall

;2022 (1) : 5th

: 7th

Coppa Ugo Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed during World War II. It is also called ''G ...

: 9th Overall

::1st Stage 17 : 9th

: 10th Overall

: 10th

;2023 : 6th Overall

: 10th Overall

;2024 : 4th Overall

General classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships results timeline

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