Rigoberto Urán
 Urán at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné |
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rigoberto Urán Urán | ||
| Born | January 26, 1987 Urrao, Colombia |
||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Weight | 63 kg (140 lb; 9.9 st)[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Team Sky | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climbing and time trial specialist | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2006 2007 2008–2010 2011– |
Tenax Unibet.com Caisse d'Epargne Team Sky |
||
| Major wins | |||
|
|||
| Infobox last updated on July 17, 2011 |
|||
Rigoberto Urán Urán (born 26 January 1987) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI ProTeam Team Sky.
Contents |
[edit] Early life
Urán's first cycling race was at the age of 14, three months before his father was accidentally killed in a gunfight related to the drug war in Colombia. Rigoberto had to take his place as a lottery seller to help his family and at the age of 16 he turned professional and moved to Medellín to ride for Orgullo Paisa, a Colombian cycling team.[2][3]
[edit] Cycling career
[edit] 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 Unibet.com and won a time trial at the Euskal Bizikleta 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 Tour de Suisse and finished ninth overall. At the Deutschland Tour he was in a breakaway with eventual stage winner Damiano Cunego when he flew down over a mountain stream and smashed into a retaining wall. He fractured both elbows and the right wrist.[4]
[edit] Caisse d'Epargne (2008–11)
In 2008 he signed a contract with Caisse d'Epargne and went on to finish second at the Volta a Catalunya and third at the Giro di Lombardia, a prestigious one-day classic. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Urán competed in the road race but he did not finish. In 2009 he finished fifth overall at the Tour de Romandie and rode his first the Tour de France and finished 52nd. In 2010 he rode the Giro d'Italia and finished 7th overall in the 2010 Tour de Suisse. He also rode the Vuelta a España but suffered a fall that ended his options of a high overall placing while being eighth overall.[5]
[edit] Team Sky (2011–present)
Urán joined Team Sky for the 2011 season.[6] He finished 5th in Liège–Bastogne–Liège,[7] and 5th overall in the Volta a Catalunya.[1]
At the Tour de France, Urán became leader of Sky after Bradley Wiggins 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.[8] Uran lost the Maillot Blanc to Rein Taaramäe on Stage 18[9] after picking up an illness,[10] and eventually finished 24th overall.[11]
[edit] Palmares
- 2003
Colombia U17 Time Trial Champion- Colombia U17 Points Race Champion
- 2nd, National U17 Pursuit Championship
- 3rd, National U17 Road Race Championship
- 2005
- Colombia U19 Road Race Champion
- Colombia U19 Pursuit Champion
- Colombia U19 Points Race Champion
- Colombia U19 Scratch Champion
- 2007
- 2nd National Time Trial Championship
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 8
- 1st Stage 2b Euskal Bizikleta
- 2008
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 2009
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2010
- 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2011
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 3rd Giro dell’Emilia
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- Held Maillot blanc
from Stage 14–17 Tour de France - 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Team Sky, Rider profile, Rigoberto Urán". teamsky.com. BSkyB. 2011. http://www.teamsky.com/profile/0,27291,17543_6636475,00.html. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "Un campeón nacido de la violencia (Spanish)". El País. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/campeon/nacido/violencia/elpepidep/20080317elpepidep_27/Tes/. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ "Urrao tiene niño mimado (Spanish)". El Colombiano. http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/U/urrao_tiene_nino_mimado_su_primera_bicicleta_fue_fiada_por_el_tio/urrao_tiene_nino_mimado_su_primera_bicicleta_fue_fiada_por_el_tio.asp. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ "Deutschland Tour injury update". CyclingNews. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/deutschland-tour-injury-update. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ Barry Ryan (13 September 2010). "Anton undergoes surgery in Bilbao". cyclingnews.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/anton-undergoes-surgery-in-bilbao. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ Stephen Farrand (28 September 2011). "Team Sky sign Dowsett, Urán and Zandio". Cyclingnews.com. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sky-sign-dowsett-uran-and-zandio. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Brecht Decaluwé (24 April 2011). "Gilbert the great!". Cycling News. http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/results. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Brendan Gallagher (16 July 2011). "Tour de France 2011: Jelle Vanendert takes stage 14 win as Andy Schleck plays waiting game". telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/tour-de-france/8642257/Tour-de-France-2011-Jelle-Vanendert-takes-stage-14-win-as-Andy-Schleck-plays-waiting-game.html. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Adriaan Alsema (21 July 2011). "Colombian Uran loses white jersey in Tour de France". Colombia Reports. http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/sports/17792-colombian-uran-loses-white-jersey-in-tour-de-france.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Shane Stokes (16 August 2011). "Wiggins wants strong Vuelta a España performance to thank his fans". Velonation. http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9420/Wiggins-wants-strong-Vuelta-a-Espana-performance-to-thank-his-fans.aspx. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Tour de France – 2011 – Overall Standing". LeTour.fr. http://www.letour.fr/2011/TDF/LIVE/us/2100/classement/index.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
[edit] External links
- Rigoberto Urán profile at Cycling Archives
