Rigoberto Urán is already pedaling to face the Farewell Giro: he will play at home!

The Colombian cyclist Rigoberto Urán, twice podium Italy spin and once in the Tour de France, He will retire at the end of the 2024 season at the age of 37, his team, the EF Education-Easypost, announced.

“As a cyclist, I think the time has come to say: we have reached the end,” said “Rigo” at the end of this Sunday. Colombia Tour, according to a bulletin from the American squad, which regretted the goodbye of the one who was its “captain” for nine years.
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The new…

Urán is one of the best “beetles” of the so-called golden generation of Colombian cycling along with Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal. During the coffee competition that began on Tuesday, he had confessed to the media that he was afraid of retirement, but he was already thinking about his new life as a businessman.

“It has taken me a long time to make this decision. It is something that I have thought long and hard about (…) For almost 23 years (of racing), my goal was to get up, have breakfast and ride a bike,” added Urán in the text released by one of the main teams in the World Tour, the highest category.

Silver medal in the London Olympics-2022, “Rigo” became famous in cycling for his ability to climb mountains and pedal against the clock, but also for his humor and joking style.

The turn

Urán confirmed that this year the Giro de Rigo will be held in Antioquia territory and will be called The Farewell.

“We return home, the tour of rigo, the farewell edition. A nice and hard journey. To train a lot…”, he wrote on his social networks.
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