Guatemalan cyclist Sergio Chumil extended his contract at Burgos Burpellet BH after having achieved a great victory in the race Or great camiñowhere he confirms that he is growing by leaps and bounds in European cycling.
His triumph in the Queen of O Great Camiño opened the doors to Chumil de Continue writing your story In professional cycling after having passed through the sub 23 of the Cortizo team in Spain.
Chumil, 24, now enjoys a sweet moment in his career, but To get to the success of now he went through several obstaclesas even wishing to have left cycling.
Sergio is a native of Aldea Chuachalí, Tecpán, Chimaltenango, there he grew up and had his first approaches with a bicycle.
His personal history is one that he considers beautiful. In an interview to the media Puncheur He said that from his childhood he enjoyed the bicycle, but he had difficulty spending time on him had to study.
“In the morning before going to study we sometimes got up to shoot an hour or when we had time. Little by little I grew up and got into the world of cycling,” he says.
Sergio did not know if one day he would be professionally devoted to sport, in fact, at that time he had no notion about European cycling or that of other countries.
“At that age what I wanted was to be able to run the return to Guatemala“I dreamed in principle.
With time Sergio approached a cycling association near his people, there he began to train and focus more on what he wanted to become.
In national cycling he soon began to stand out and for 2017 he had already achieved his first title: that of National Route Champion in the Youth Category.
That same year he was part of the national team that competed in a Pan American Mountain Bike championship.
His growth did not stop and in the following years he continued accumulating important experience and triumphs such as a silver in a Central American route championship, but the most important jump in his career came when he signed for the Padronés Cycling Club Cortizo.
In El Cortizo he participated in more than 30 competitions, several in Spanish territory and also in Volta to Portugal.
After several successes he was signed by Burgos Burpellet BH, where in his second season he signed the greatest triumph of his career by winning the Queen of O Great Camiño stage.