Rigoberto Urán

Cannondale's new GC man, Colombian Rigoberto Urán is ready to get back to racing in his debut race, Volta ao Algarve.

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Rigoberto Uran times his late attack to perfection, coming home just ahead of the charging peloton in Canadian WorldTour race.

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The Colombian's palmares includes two overall podium finishes at the Giro d'Italia.

Team CEO Jonathan Vaughters hints on Twitter that Rigoberto Urán will be joining his team next season

The Tour de France enters the mountains this week, so Andrew Hood breaks down the race favorites before the road turns upward

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The Tinkoff-Saxo rider aims to take back the pink jersey from Fabio Aru before entering the Giro's final, mountainous stretch

Rigoberto Uran rode into the Giro as a GC favorite, but now he's clinging on to the front group, hoping the TT is his ticket to the podium

With the first week of the Italian grand tour in the books, three riders have emerged as the leading trio chasing the pink jersey

With mountains on the horizon, a banged up Contador endures the Giro's longest day in the saddle to retain pink and to fight another day

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Rigoberto Urán, twice second at the Giro d’Italia, watched his maglia rosa dream ride 42 seconds up the road on Tuesday

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Who will carry the pink jersey to Milan? Contador is a five-star favorite, but he faces stiff competition from a cadre of talented riders

Italians once dominated the Giro, but now, the tifosi may have to wait another year for a native son to claim the pink jersey

Alberto Contador starts the 2015 Giro as the five-star favorite, but nearly dozen riders will be nipping at his heels for the pink jersey

Domenico Pozzovivo claims his first win in nearly three years with a bold attack out of a group of GC favorites at the end of stage 3

The Colombian showcases his fighting spirit by winning the annual race across Italy after bouncing back from surgery and a crash

After losing to Malori in the first TT at Tirreno, Cancellara turns the tables and wins stage 7. Quintana confirms overall title in Italy

Rigoberto Uran may not have a chance to take Tirreno overall with short TT, but it whets his appetite for the Giro's individual test

Contador, Nibali, Uran, Quintana, Cancellara, and Sagan all weigh in on their odds ahead of the Wednesday start of Tirreno-Adriatico

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After previewing the Giro's long individual time trial course, Uran feels confident. He says the course suits him "perfectly"

Etixx-Quick-Step rolls into 2015 with the peloton's deepest squad, and will be even more ambitious as it aims to dominate all disciplines

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Rising Colombian GC star aims for success at Giro, insists that plan for the Tour is to hunt for a stage and acquire experience

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Colombia's general manager says Alex Cano "is the most famous cyclist racing in Colombia right now"

The season was filled with dramatic moves on the road, but five moments stand out above the rest

Two-time defending TTT champions are still confident that their squad has a chance at a three-peat in Ponferrada

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The trio joins many others who have succumbed to the heat and the climbing in the Spanish grand tour

The peloton faces the Vuelta's queen stage, and Contador shows everyone why he's comfortably wearing the red leader's jersey

Nairo Quintana took command of the Spanish grand tour Sunday, but his rivals — including Alberto Contador — are right on his heels

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Rigoberto Urán said he thought Quintana would have won the 2014 Giro regardless of the infamous Stelvio stage

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For team boss Lefevere, it's not Quintana's strength but the UCI's weakness that matters

The Colombian takes a 3:07 advantage into stage 20 following his performance in the uphill time trial

Nairo Quintana maintains his grip on the pink jersey with three stages left in the race

Teams came up with a solution to end the polemic, with a time penalty on the leading riders, but the race jury refused to accept the offer

The Italian attacks in the final kilometer and holds on to win the stage in Vittorio Veneto

The morning after a controversial descent of the Stelvio, riders and teams at the Giro are still wondering how to solve the issue

A wild stage brings a new Giro leader, and a more tightly packed group of contenders, as the race heads toward the finish in Trieste

The Colombian mastered the Giro's queen stage, which featured brutal weather on the first two of three climbs

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The Giro leader lost some time to a few of his rivals, but put time on second-placed Evans, and says the strongest man will win

Astana's Aru attacks on the final steeps to win the stage as Uran defends pink and the GC battle tightens going into Monday's rest day

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Battaglin roars up from behind on the final steeps to take the stage as Uran sheds seconds to his rivals in a grim jersey defense

Urán's improvements against the clock could tip him over the top as he hunts for the first grand tour victory of his career

A determined trio of escapees and a peloton that was less so saw a breakaway succeed in stage 13 of the Giro

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Rigoberto Uran moves into the lead after winning the Stage 12 time trial

Rigoberto Urán's path, from a small village west of Medellín to the Giro d'Italia's maglia rosa, is one of the most interesting in the sport

Rigoberto Uran's pink jersey ride

Cadel Evans is in control of the GC at the Giro, holding a 57-second lead over his closest competitor. Can he go the distance?

Cadel Evans now finds himself 21 seconds out of the race lead

Colombian climber Rigoberto Urán lines up with the pink jersey in his sights as the Giro faces its first mountain stages

Garmin lost hope for the GC Friday, but the American team was far from the only squad to bleed time in the stage 1 team time trial

Big names turn out for pre-race press conference and say they expect a wide-open, explosive Giro d'Italia

The GC field at the Giro is filled with riders both young and old, such as 24-year-old Nairo Quintana (above) and 37-year-old Cadel Evans

The Sky rider headlines a strong field at the six-day race in Switzerland that begins Tuesday

Alberto Contador wins Tirreno stage 4 summit finish ahead of Quintana, Porte, Kwiatkowski, Urán and others

Colombian will race through March before returning to South America for altitude training ahead of Romandie and the Giro

Reports show the route for this year's race offers something for everyone in the field

Andrew Hood reviews his 10 biggest stories of the year, from Horner to Froome, and everything in between

Five riders will start the Giro in May with real hopes of upsetting the Italians in their home tour

Riders 30 years old and above could start to phase out of contention in the worlds road race moving forward

The pair was among several riders to crash and/or abandon the worlds road race in Florence

The Astana captain said he's riding with 20 less watts than he had at the Giro d'Italia

A number of riders expected to contend for the GC have fallen behind in the first three days of racing

The Italian missed the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France this year