Rigoberto Urán achieved the best result of his cycling career when he came second in the 2017 Tour de France. His golden years seemed to be behind him, but a run of good form and good health, along with a philosophy of taking things one step at a time, saw him come within a minute of winning the yellow jersey. He tells Procycling how he did it.
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Día por día. Not even Rigoberto Urán’s Latin American Spanish make interesting three of the most mundane words in professional cycling. Day by day. A phrase that has become so widespread in press conferences and mixed zones the world over, but one that says so little.
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You get the sense, however, that Urán actually means it. “For me, there is no past, there is no future, only the present,” he tells Procycling in a hotel meeting room in Japan. Urán drives his point home with a smile: “There is only today, right here, right now.”
The words ‘día por día’ passed his lips countless times in July as he made his way to second place at the Tour de France. Having last graced a Grand Tour podium at the 2014 Giro, he flew into the race under the radar but claimed a thrilling victory on stage 9 in Chambéry, millimetres ahead of Warren Barguil. From then on, it was one pedal stroke at a time all the way to Paris.
Urán’s approach to a Grand Tour mirrors his approach to life in general. “At the Tour, on the first day I’m not thinking about the final stage in the mountains – no, today is the first stage, tomorrow is the second. Día por día. That’s how I try to see things in life,” he explains.
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