Rigoberto Urán

Rigoberto Uranium Uranium ( born January 26, 1987 in Urrao ) is a Colombian cyclist.

Rigoberto Urán was 2005 in the junior class Colombian Champion in the road race and on the track in the disciplines of individual pursuit, points race and scratch. In 2006 he drove for the Professional Continental team Tenax. The road Cycling World Championships in Salzburg he was 25 in the time trial the U23 class and 31 in the road race. In 2007 he drove for the Swedish ProTeam Unibet.com. In 2008 he moved to the Spanish Erstdivisionär Caisse d'Epargne. Since 2011 a member of the Team Sky Procycling. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 he came second behind Alexandre Vinokourov in the road race. His first victory in a Grand Tour he succeeded at the first summit finish of the Giro d' Italia 2013. Too by this success, he was able to work on the second place to the front and so are for the first time at a Grand Tour on the podium.

Achievements

• A stage Euskal Bizikleta
• A stage in the Tour de Suisse

• A stage Tour of Catalonia
• Youth classification Giro d' Italia
• Silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the road race
• Piedmont Tour

• A stage and team time trial Giro d' Italia

• Tirreno Adriatico team time trial -

Placement in the Grand Tours

Team

• 2006 Tenax
• 2007 Unibet.com
• 2008-2010 Caisse d'Epargne
• 2011-2013 Sky
• 2014 - Omega Pharma- Quick-Step