I met Ivo some 7 years ago, and from the first time we talked, I understood why people saw him as a sort of "guru" of cycling. Always willing to help who really wanted to dedicate to cycling, Ivo has its own mythology within the cycling on Paraná state.

We met on a moment where a lot of friends where going from fixed bikes to road bike, and Ivo was one of the majors supporters of this change, talking about the road bikes universe, telling stories about historical athletes and races, made we all fall in love even more for this sport.

Besides his career as a "semi-pro" cyclist, he also has a shop where, in addition to being a salesman, he is a mechanic and advisor, and he is also responsible for the "coming" of cyclocross to Brazil, Who organized the first official and ranked events in Brazil.

During last year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he ended up stealing the scene during the keirin races, for piloting an electric "Derny". Derny is a kind of motorized bicycle with a combustion engine that determines the pace (average speed) of the athletes during the first laps of the race. Some mistakes of athletes and the fact the derny were electric, ended up paying a lot of attention to the "derny volunteer" causing people (including some professional athletes like Nick Terpstra) to get very upset, but in the end, the memes that came up and the stories that Ivo told me have overcome all this.

So I decided to talk with him, so people would know that "Derny Guy" was much more than just a volunteer, but a guy with a historical background and maybe there was no better person to perform this important function ...

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