The Catalan rider Álex Martín will make his professional debut next season with EOLO-KOMETA Cycling Team. With the Barcelona rider, who like the Andalusian David Martín promotes from the U23 squad of the Contador Foundation, the team closes the composition of his squad for his second adventure in the ProTeam category. Martín (25 January 2000) is a rider with a climbing profile who this season has won the final general classification of the Volta a Galicia and finished sixth in the Giro Ciclístico della Valle d’Aosta. “It was never clear to me that this opportunity would come my way. When Ivan Basso and Fran Contador told me their decision, it was an incredible moment. That also helped me to ride without any pressure”, says the youngster from Premià de Mar.