Julián Esteban Gómez

, a young 13-year-old cyclist, died this Sunday hit by a tractor-trailer while training on a road in the Colombian town of

Zipaquirá

, town of

Egan Bernal

(Ineos Grenadier), champion of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia. and of whom he was a known admirer.

The minor's face went viral in Colombia two years ago when he

tearfully celebrated Bernal's triumph in the 2019 Tour de France

, which is why his death has caused great commotion in the country.

"It is with deep pain that we receive the news of the death of Julián Esteban Gómez, a 13-year-old athlete who was run over while training on his bicycle in Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca," lamented the Colombian president,

Iván Duque

, in a message on his Twitter account .

The athlete was part of the Zipaquirá cycling team, trained by former cyclist

Fabio Rodríguez

, who used his social networks to condemn the death of Julián Esteban, who dreamed of becoming a professional. you leave without having anyone to bother, only 13 years old and a damn 'mulero' (tractor driver) takes your life, your early departure breaks my heart, all that remains for me is to tell you that I will miss you forever my dear Julian, "said the ex-cyclist.

Although no authority has confirmed the circumstances in which the minor was run over, local media point out that the accident occurred in the Manas sector on the

road between the towns of Zipaquirá and Cajicá

, in the department of

Cundinamarca

.

"Deep sadness for the death of Julián Gómez, a 13-year-old boy from Cundinamarca who today lost his life in an accident on the Zipaquirá-Cajicá road," the governor of Cundinamarca, Nicolás García, said on Twitter.

In Colombia, the words with which Julián Esteban celebrated the triumph of his greatest idol in a tribute paid to Bernal in 2019 by the inhabitants of Zipaquirá have become relevant again.

"It was a great emotion to see him. Egan is our idol and I said that I admired him. I also ride a bike and I want to be like him," he

said on that occasion in statements to the media.

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