Rigoberto Urán
Rigoberto Urán Urán, ODB (born 26 January 1987) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. During his professional career, Urán has taken fifteen victories, including stage wins at each of the three Grand Tours, and won a silver medal in the road race at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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| Full name | Rigoberto Urán Urán | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Bull from Urrao, Rigo Norrea, Mick Jagger | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 1987 Urrao, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | EF Education–EasyPost | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 | Tenax–Salmilano | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Unibet.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Caisse d'Epargne | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Team Sky | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Cannondale | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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He became the first Colombian ever to make the podium of the Giro d'Italia, when he finished second behind Vincenzo Nibali in the 2013 edition of the race, having taken leadership of Team Sky following the abandonment of team captain Bradley Wiggins. 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 2014 Giro d'Italia he finished second again in the general classification, this time behind countryman Nairo Quintana. At the 2017 Tour de France, Urán won the ninth stage and finished second overall, fifty-four seconds down on race winner Chris Froome.