Julián Gómez, a boy who cried for the triumph of Egan Bernal, passed away

The boy who cried for victory of Egan Bernal and it became viral for it on social networks, he died in an accident while training road cycling.

Road cycling is one of the sports that has brought Colombia the greatest triumphs; since the time of Cochise and Lucho Herrera even the new figures, such as Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernalwinner of the Tour de France in 2019 and the Giro d’Italia 2021.

All of them have served as an inspiration to new generations of cyclists. and precisely It was Egan Bernal who inspired little Julián Gómez, who at just 13 years old died in an accident happened last weekend.

How was the accident of the child cyclist?

According to various national media reports, the accident occurred while the boy was training with his grandfather. Fabio Rodríguez, former cyclist and cyclist trainer, reported on his official Twitter account that a tractor-trailer would have been involved in the incident.

“Today you leave without being able to fulfill the dreams you had and you leave me with no one to bother. Only 13 years old, and a damn muleteer took your life. Your early departure breaks my heart, it only remains for me to tell you that I will miss you forever.

He wrote in his trill, next to the following photograph…

This is how Julián Gómez, the boy who cried for the triumph of Egan Bernal, went viral

The boy Julián Gómez became famous in 2019 for some images in which he appeared with tears in his eyes, on a bicycle and in a cycling outfit during the tribute that was paid to Egan Bernal in Zipaquirá after winning the Tour de France that year.

The national media quickly interviewed the boy, who became famous in our country, not only for his effusive celebration, but also for confessing the dream he had of becoming like his idol, a project that now he will never be able to realize.

At Vibra we send a message of condolences to the little one’s family and friends. What message would you like to give them? Write it in the comments.