In 2014 Rigoberto Uran will swap his domestique role at Sky with the job of being the GC captain at the Omega Pharma-Quick Step. While he still hasn't decided whether he will do the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, he says that he is ready for the added responsibility when he lines up at the leader of a team in a grand tour.

Ever since his magic stage win in the 2007 Tour de Suisse at just 20 years of age, Rigoberto Uran has been described as one of the greatest talents in professional cycling. However, it has take some time for the talented Colombian to reach the lofty heights that have been expected.

His lack of progress is mainly due to his role as a domestique. While riding for major teams like Caisse d'Epargne and Sky, he has mostly found himself doing the job of the loyal lieutenant to one of the world's best stage racers.

When he got an unexpected change to lead Sky in the Giro d'Italia after Bradley Wiggins abandoned the race, he showed what he is capable of. After winning the mountain stage to Altopiano del Montasio, he kept riding strong all the way to the finish and ended as runner-up in the race.

That result proved to him that he is ready to be a leader in a grand tour and he was signed by Omega Pharma-Quick Step which is keen to make a greater impact on the GCs in the grand tours. Uran feels that he is ready to take on the extra responsibility.

"I think I'm ready to be a leader at Omega," he told El Tiempo  in Colombia after returning to his home country from the team's first training camp in Spain. "That's the idea and I'm fine with it. It's a different commitment because I will kick into action a bit later and be supported by the rest of the team. I must keep working to be a leader, respond to the challenge and fight for the titles.

"Of course I want to win and that's the goal," he added. "I am not a rider who wins a lot but it excites me."

When he first announced his new team, Uran was expected to lead Omega Pharma-Quick Step in the Tour de France while the team would also support Mark Cavendish in the sprints. In recent months, it has, however, been indicated that he is more likely to return to the Giro and do a Giro-Vuelta double as the team will focus fully on Cavendish in the Tour that starts on British soil.

A decision hasn't been made yet but at the moment, Uran is moving towards the Italian grand tour.

"It's a tough race," he said. "I have already taken part in it three times and I did well this year, winning a stage and finishing 2nd overall."

Uran has already outlined the first part of his season schedule. He will start at the Challenge Mallorca in early February before heading to the mountainous Tour of Oman. He will do the Strade Bianche in preparation of the Tirreno-Adriatico before doing the Volta a Catalunya where he won a stage in 2012.

Having had the chance to meet his teammates at the recent training camp, he feels warmly welcomed.

"I'm not a stranger on Omega," he said. "They made me feel like I was not new to the team and that is good."

Uran's stage win in the Giro was his only victory in 2013.