I first met Rigoberto Uran at my first training camp as a professional rider. We were stationed at the Hotel Vanity Golf in Puerto de Alcudia, Mallorca. He didn’t introduce himself, but I suppose he didn’t really need to either. “Hey, Giovane!” in his Spanish accented Italian was the first thing…

Rigoberto Uran will lead the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team into the Giro d’Italia, which begins on Friday in the Netherlands. The race features six very hard days in the mountains and also demands three separate efforts against the clock, meaning that a balanced rider such as Uran has a very good…