An exciting bunch of young riders are hitting the scene and giving us a taste of the quality that we can look forward to enjoying over the next 10 years or more. This is the first of a series of profiles that spotlights the up and coming brand spanking new pros, some of whom could become superstars.
Name : Rigoberto Uran 
Country : Colombia
Date of Birth : 26 January, 1987
Weight : 54 kg
Height : 162 cm
Turned Pro : 2006
Performances
2007 Tour de Romandie - 59th
2007 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - 40th
2007 Euskal Bizikleta - 24th (1 stage win)
2007 Tour of Switzerland - 9th (1 stage win)
2007 Brixia Tour - DNF
2007 Classica San Sebastien - 27th
2007 Deutschland Tour - DNF (Hospitalised after smashing his elbows)
About Rigoberto
One can only hope that Rigoberto is a quick healer after suffering shocking arm injuries when he crashed while descending a mountain pass during the Tour of Germany. I would expect that he will be out of action for the rest of the season and, with the demise of the Unibet.com team will be looking for a new team. Since signing on with Unibet in November 2006 he has put in some impressive performances and was right in the thick of things when he had his accident.
In 2005 Uran was the Colombian Junior Road Race Champion and the National Track Champion, he then became Pro in 2006.
In his first race, the Tour de Romandie, he gave a glimpse of what he is capable of with a first up 9th placing in the Time Trial Prologue.
He managed to pick up a stage win on June 23 at Schwartzsee in the 8th stage of the Tour 
de Suisse. He ended the Tour in 9th place overall, an outstanding effort for the 20 year old. He also had a stage win, although it was in an abbreviated Time Trial, during the Euskal Bizikleta at the start of June.
His Stage 3 accident occurred in the first kilometre of the descent while in the lead group after a strong showing climbing the Category 1 Riedbergpass at Zufluct. He failed to take a left hand turn and was airborne into a ditch putting both arms out instinctively to break his fall. He ended up with multiple fractures to both elbows and an extended stay in hospital. (I've included the footage of the accident for you to flinch over).
Uran certainly looks to have a bright future with good Time Trial and mountain climbing ability. At only 20 years of age he looks to have plenty to offer any team who wants to take part in the feeding frenzy of the Unibet.com demise.
Thanks for doing this profile. It’s high time Colombia got itself back onto the cycling map. I don’t want to downplay Botero’s accomplishments, but if you go back to cycling journalism from the late ’80s it was universally assumed that by about 1995 the Columbians would have taken over the sport . . . then the bottom fell out somehow.
With Juan Mauricio Soler’s performance in the Tour de France and then again in the Vuelta a Burgos and youngsters like Uran coming through, perhaps we’re witnessing the next rise of Colombian cycling.