I am amazed as it all happens so unexpectedly.
you blinked your eyes and your dreams are coming true.
Do you realize how far you've made it?
I Say:
I'm just being me. I'm just riding my bike.
It’s all very rewarding.
This is where I came from.
A small town of 5,000 inhabitants,
Was always running up and down on a bicycle.
He lived on the farm and went to town to play soccer, by bicycle.
came home to make a ramp
Jumped the ramp, broke my bicycle.
Everything was all very simple in here.
Who would have thought that from here,
where people did not even rode bikes for leisure.
A professional cyclist would arise.
From the beginning I always believed that I could live on the sport.
My mother was one of the main people
that turned Alex into a professional cyclist
from the beginning when I came to her and said:
mom, do you take me on a bike race?
it was 100 km from home, she went there and took me.
The children, in fact, we create for the world, right?
I always said that and Alex was always very independent.
It is an immense joy
The word is "pride". Having a child that is standing out.
who left here in the countryside of Brazil and today travel the world
enjoying what he likes to do the most ...
the human being that I am today I owe a lot to my grandfather.
"to this day, I know, he hasn't done any trickery"
"He got his mind on place."
Without him realizing he taught me many things
Humble, who doesn’t want anyone’s harm
Just wanted the good of everyone
And that I think is one of the great virtues of this family.
It is never easy.
Anyone who looks from outside can even think.
"Wow, but he started riding not long ago and he's already going to Europe?
how easy his life was."
I lived on my skin and suffered a lot,
with doubts and uncertainties, with a lack of support.
When you really want to be the best at what you do,
you always have to give up many things
and dedicate a lot
for what you really want.
from the beginning I set goals, that made me even more willing
to chase that dream.
what do I get by riding a bike dedicating myself so much?
I can only feel good emotions, good feelings.
Overcoming limits
I always raced only here in my state,
because to go to the races it was very expensive and I didn't have that money.
And also equipment.
My first carbon bike, I've got when I joined Specialized.
The first time I rode a Full Suspension bike, it was when I joined Specialized.
So it's one step at a time and you will be able to achieve the goals.
but it is not easy and there are times when are casualties happens.
there are times when you can’t overcome yourself, but this is part of the game.
If I didn't have those moments of difficulty.
I would not give so much value to the happy moments,
the good times.
That's a bike ride, is to overcome yourself and always seek for happiness.
The fact that everything is happening... just doesn’t sink in!
And now is my time.
I am starting this new phase,
I am going to travel
and wherever I am I'll send news
and it will certainly be good news.