Colombian cycling is in mourning after learning of the death of the Antioquian cyclist Marlon Perez, who died on Thursday night from a stab wound.
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Born in Medellin on January 10, 1976. His parents are Alirio Pérez and Claudia Arango and his siblings Maryori, Johana and Harder Armando.
world champion
Pérez came to cycling after practicing soccer (he was a fan of National) and for athletics, activities in which he did not do well.
He started cycling in the town of Thames, Antioch, where the Pérez Arango family came to make a living.
Gabriel Jaime Velez saw his potential and brought him to the program CISAwho directed DT Paisa, who was struck by the great capabilities he had.
He helped him, gave him his hand and with them he ran the Vuelta del Futuro and from January 1992 they planned a job for him that bore fruit two years later, when he was world champion of the youth category points event.
Pérez left the money to Tim de Peuter and with the bronze Ronny Laute which opened the doors for him to be someone recognized in cycling in the country.
He took to the road and established himself there. He won the Vuelta del Porvenir in 1994 and some time later won the gold medal in the U-23 time trial at the national cycling championships.
In 1998 he was the champion of the Vuelta de la Juventud and in 2001 he moved to the Orbitel team, directed by Raul Mesa.
To Europe
With him he won gold in the national senior time trial, a title that he repeated in 2012, which shows that he was a man who beat the clock very well.
He appeared in the teams Linda McCartney, Orbitel, Colombia-Selle Italia, Tenax, Team Universal Caffe’, was part of the Caisse d’Eparge, where he spent two years, and arrived at Colombia-Comcel.
He ran three times Giro d’Italia (2004, 20025 and 2008). He was not in the Tour from France and neither does heBack to Spain. Four race victories are recorded on his resume. ICU, none in the World Tour, the highest category.
Pérez was in charge of carrying out Rigoberto Urán to Europe. Marlon said that when he was hired by the tenacious man, he told them that he would sign if they brought him another Colombian, young and good.
He called his friends, his technicians and asked, they recommended Urán, so the runner from Urrao. Antioch, He traveled to the old continent at the age of 19.
Once he left the road, Pérez became part of Paracycling. He was the trusted man of Javier Sernawho with whom he won in the tandem of World Cup in South Africa in 2017.
The death of Marlon Pérez leaves a lot of sadness, since he was a key man in the country’s cycling for all the triumphs that are on his resume.
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