10 things you did not know about Alvaro Hodeg

1. He was born on September 16, 1996 in the city of Monteria, now he is 22 years old.


2. Alvaro Hodge won stage two of Tour Colombia 2.1 in La Ceja.


3. Álvaro Hodeg is of Scottish origin on the part of his father and of Lebanese origin on the part of his mother. 


4. It was his godfather Salin Ghisays who introduced him to cycling, taking him to a team time trial in the streets of Montería.


5. In 2016, he emerged as one of the best sprinters in the Colombian national team, having won the ranking of the flight stages of the Tour de Colombie Espoir.


6. Hodeg is the best representative of Colombia in the World Championship of Espoir in Doha, having the twelfth position, for his second participation after Richmond, his first two races outside of Colombia.


7. Álvaro Hodeg travels to Belgium to present the physical and medical tests necessary to become an apprentice in the World Tour Quick-Step Floors training for the 2017 season.


8. Follow the steps of Fernando Gaviria, Rodrigo Contreras or Sebastian Henao also spent in Coldeportes-Claro, before continuing in Europe in high-level European formations.


9. In July, he finished second in the Grand Prix of the city of San Nicolás, and is located in the first six of five consecutive stages of the Tour del Porvenir.


10. In March 2018, he won his first two professional victories, winning three days apart from the Handzame Classic and the first stage of the Tour de Catalunya.