Sergio Calvo

Calvo, born in O Barco de Valdeorras and resident in A Rúa, was the last rider to join the U19 project of the Contador Foundation in 2023. Calvo has been competing since the age of 12, when he began to take his first steps in the world of mountain biking. Soon, however, he made the leap to road cycling. And whenever he has the chance, in all his shyness, he emphasises: “My dream is to become a professional cyclist and win a grand tour”. The Galician rider landed in the structure in mid-April 2023 thanks to the good harmony between his team of origin, the Club Ciclista Rías Baixas, and the Madrid formation. Calvo had just won the Trofeo Apertura de Portugal, held in Fafe, and had been on the final podium in the Volta O Barbanza or the Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Guijuelo, among other outstanding performances, and in all of them he had displayed his enormous strength and his great physical qualities. The cyclist wanted to extend his calendar and both structures reached a quick agreement. From the very first moment of his arrival, and after a very quick adaptation, Calvo would stand out as one of the team’s top riders for the rest of the season.  He would achieve the victory in the final overall of the Challenge Volta a Girona, a race in which the EOLO-KOMETA Cycling Team competed for the first time, and he would climb the podium of the prestigious Vuelta a la Challenge Central. Without final prize, Calvo would star in one of the great moments of the season with his solo ride for many kilometres in the Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Peñafiel, final race of the Spanish Cup in the junior category.