That day in 2005, we competed on different teams but were racing in the same tour in Venezuela. Ubaldo was a more talented cyclist than me. What was the saddest moment of your career? In Waldo’s bar Nairo Quintana shares a moment with Uberlino. I cycled there for six years, so there are a lot of highlights for me. Getting a contract in Europe with Sella Italia was also an important moment in my life. When I started winning multi-stage tours in Cundinamarca and Boyacá, beating the top national cyclists in the mountain stages.
What do you feel was the best moment of your career? We were soon winning these competitions, and both of us went on to become professionals. So, to solve that situation my parents, borrowed another bicycle from Fabio Parra’s parents and we starting racing in school competitions. He wouldn’t go out on his bicycle by himself, but he also wouldn’t lend it to me. She bought a bike for my younger brother Ubaldo, who loved cycling at that time. My grandmother was good friends with the parents of Fabio Parra, and she loved cycling because she always said you have to sweat to make money. Sports Editor Freek Huigen spoke with him about his new passion, as owner of Waldo’s bar in Paipa, Boyaca. Uberlino was forced to give up his career in 2009 after a severe training accident near his home left his cranium fractured in multiple places. Cycling is bittersweet for him as the sport he loves has also cost him dearly: 10 years ago his brother who was also a cyclist died of heart failure at the end of a multi-stage race in Venezuela. Mesa is a former pro-cyclist from Boyaca who spent six years cycling for Sella Italia in Europe in a peloton with Marco Pantani, among others. Mesa victorious in his time at Sella Italia
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