Rigoberto Uran Uran ( Spanish: Rigoberto Urán Urán ; born January 26, 1987 , Urrao , Colombia ) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist who has been playing for the EF Education First Pro Cycling team since 2017.
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| Full name | Rigoberto Uranus Uranus | ||
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| Height | 173 cm | ||
| The weight | 63 kg | ||
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| Current team | EF Education First Pro Cycling | ||
| Specialization | Mountain racer | ||
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Grand Tours
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Content
- 1 Career
- 2 Speeches
- 2.1 Multi-day races
- 2.2 One-day races
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Career
Rigoberto Uranus started cycling at the age of fourteen, but was soon forced to interrupt training due to the death of his father in a shootout. Uranus was forced to earn by selling lottery tickets. Two years later, Rigoberto returned to cycling, and at the age of nineteen he moved to Italy, signing a contract with the Tenax team. took second place at the Colombian Championship in the race with a separate start .
The 2007 Colombian spent as part of the Swedish team Unibet.com . He took second place at the Colombian Championship in a separate start race , and at the Euskal Bizikleta race he won his first professional victory, faster than anyone else over the twenty-kilometer cutting distance. A month later, Uranus won the stage of the Tour of Switzerland , which he finished in the final ninth position. In the fourth stage of the German Tour, Rigoberto was in a strong margin (who won the victory at the stage), but on one of the descents the Colombian fell, breaking his wrist and both elbows. This injury forced Uranus to finish the season ahead of schedule.
After the restoration, Rigoberto transferred to the Caisse d'Epargne team. Despite the consequences of the injury, Uranus took second place in the Vuelta of Catalonia , third in the Giro di Lombardy , and also took part in the Beijing Olympics , but could not finish the group race.
In 2009, Rigoberto showed the fifth result in the weekly Tour of Romandia , and in July he took part for the first time in the Tour de France , which he finished in the final 51st position. A year later, Uranus took part in two super-days: Jiro, he finished 35th, and Vuelta - 32nd.
Colombian began the year 2011 as part of the British Sky Procycling . Uranus became fourth in Vuelta of Catalonia , fifth in Liege-Bastogne-Liege and was the main favorite in the youth nomination for the Tour de France . For some time, Rigoberto headed this classification after a successful climb to the Plateau de Beil, but at one of the stages he fell and was injured, because of which he could not fully fight for the white T-shirt. The result of the performance for Uranus was the final 23rd position and sixth place in the classification of young riders. At the end of the season, the Colombian closed the top three at the Quebec Grand Prix .
In 2012, Uranus won one of the stages of the Vuelta of Catalonia , which he finished fifth. And Giro d'Italia Uranus was again the main favorite in the youth nomination, but this time he was able to confirm the title of favorite, becoming the best young racer and seventh in the overall standings.
At the 2012 Olympics in London, he won a silver medal in the group race. Uranus together with Alexander Vinokurov were able to come off 6 km to the finish line and played two medals between themselves.
Speeches
Multi-day Racing
| Grand Tours | ||||||||||||
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| Grand tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | 35 | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | fourteen | 7 | - | - |
| Tour de France | - | - | 49 | - | 24 | - | - | - | 42 | - | 2 | NF |
| Vuelta of Spain | - | - | - | 31 | - | 29th | 27 | NF | - | - | - | 7 |
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| Race | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Paris - Nice | - | - | - | - | 29th | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirreno - Adriatico | - | - | - | fourteen | - | - | 25 | 31 | 3 | 49 | 8 | 10 |
| Vuelta of Catalonia | 40 | 2 | 13 | - | four | 5 | 28 | thirty | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| Basque Country Tour | - | - | - | NF | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | NF |
| Tour of Romandia | 59 | twenty | 5 | - | - | - | - | fourteen | 5 | NF | 21 | - |
| Criterium Dauphine | - | 37 | 54 | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland tour | 9 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Day Racing
| Monumental | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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| Milan - San Remo | - | - | - | 81 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tour of Flanders | did not race | |||||||||||
| Paris - Roubaix | did not race | |||||||||||
| Liege - Bastogne - Liege | - | - | 102 | - | 5 | NF | 53 | - | - | - | 21 | 54 |
| Giro di Lombardy | - | 3 | twenty | eleven | 19 | 3 | NF | NF | - | 3 | 22 | four |
| Classic | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Classic San Sebastian | 26 | - | - | - | 9 | 22 | - | - | 10 | 25 | 23 | 6 |
| Quebec Grand Prix | the race was not held | - | 3 | - | - | - | one | 10 | 47 | - | ||
| Grand Prix of Montreal | the race was not held | - | 45 | - | - | - | 25 | 29th | 24 | - | ||
| - | Did not participate |
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| NF | Did not finish |
Notes
Links
- Profile on Sky Procycling
- Uranus, Rigoberto at Cycling Archives
- Uranus, Rigoberto at CQ ranking
- Uranus, Rigoberto at ProCyclingStats