Cannondale Pro Cycling confirmed today that Colombian climbing specialist Rigoberto Uran will make his debut with the US team later this week at the Volta ao Algarve.
The five-day UCI 2.1 race begins Wednesday in Portugal with a 163.6km stage from Lagos to Albufeira and concludes Sunday atop Alto do Malhao.
Uran signed with Cannondale in the off-season after spending two years with Belgian outfit Etixx-Quickstep, with whom he won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec in September, his only win of 2015. His last race was at the Richmond World Championships, where he placed 32nd in the road race and 51st in the individual time trial. He was also part of Etixx-Quickstep's runner-up team time trial squad.
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In a statement released by his 2016 team, Uran said he is excited to begin competing again.
“We have a very strong team, but really for me Algarve is my first race of the season,” he said.
Uran has previously said he’s targeting a win at this year’s Grio d’Italia in May. Having twice placed second overall there while racing for Team Sky in 2013 and Omega Pharma-QuickStep in 2014, Uran said that he and his green-argyle team are putting everything into securing the pink jersey in Turin. That campaign will get underway Wednesday in Lagos.
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