page_title: Rigoberto Urán
section_title: Caisse d'Epargne (2008–10)
hierarchical_section_title: Rigoberto Urán / Cycling career / Caisse d'Epargne (2008–10)
caption_attribution_description: Español: Rigoberto Uran con el Caisse d'Epargne en el Giro de Italia 2010
context_page_description: Rigoberto Urán Urán, ODB is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Pro Cycling.
  At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the road race. 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. His most impressive result came at the 2017 Tour de France, where he won a stage and finish 2nd overall.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Urán at the 2010 Giro d'Italia
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