Renowned Colombian cyclist robbed: he could miss the Giro d’Italia sub-23

Colombian cyclist, the German Dario Gomez, He denounced on his social networks the theft of his personal belongings on Wednesday March 1 around 12:00 p.m. in the La Concordia district of Bucaramanga. The Santanderean cyclist asked for the collaboration of the citizens with any type of information that could help to find the whereabouts of the responsible persons or their documents, which are necessary to be able to compete in Europe.

“At noon today, on Calle 50 with Carrera 15 in Bucaramanga, they stole (they took it out of a Mazda van) my personal suitcase, in which I was carrying my personal documents and the essential sports clothes for travel to my skills in Europe. help me get them backIt’s a big yellow suitcase.” denounced the cyclist on his social networks.

the cyclist of 22 years old He is one of the great promises of Colombian cycling and despite his young age he already has several important titles. He was champion of the Vuelta a la Juventud, gold medal at the 2022 National Road Championship in the under-23 category and national champion of the U-23 time trial in the last National Road Championships which took place took place in Bucaramanga.

“They stole my suitcase where I took my belongings and all the competitive sports equipment and documents needed to travel outside the country to meet commitments. I appreciate any help you can give me, any information will be very valuable”said the horseman.

His team, GW Shimano Sidermec, talked about the situation in the corridor, asked for people’s help and pointed out that, “Germán is one of the most representative ambassadors of the new generation of Colombian cycling, he proudly wears the tricolor flag. This is why he must get his things back as soon as possible in order to be able to travel and pursue his professional commitments with our team”.

The young cyclist had as one of his main objectives for the season to participate in the Giro d’Italia for the under 23s. “in his suitcase documents taken awayimportant team clothing and accessories to develop your work as a professional cyclist”highlighted the Colombian team in a social media post.

The Colombian cyclist assured that the robbery was carried out in his absence because he asked a driver, a friend of his, to help him carry the suitcase which contained his sports equipment and personal documents. The broker claimed that at that time He was going to Boyacá, but that his things were going to be brought by a friend because he had to do his training on the bike.

The Santanderean pointed out that the person who was in charge of transporting the suitcase had stopped to buy spare parts for a motorcycle and that was when some subjects they took the suitcase who was in the parking lot of the truck and despite the fact that the events took place in broad daylight, the subjects fled the scene with the cyclist’s belongings without too much difficulty.

“A lot of failure with the vandals that it was not enough to steal two boxes of oil that I was carrying for a workshop, which is worth around 900,000 pesos. My suitcase was stolen and now they are calling to scam the relatives”, assured the driver in statements published by RCN Radio.

One of the most disturbing situations is that after the theft some contacted the cyclist and some of his relatives to extort the documents that were in the suitcase, however, Germán Darío Gómez himself claimed that these situations were scams and that for the moment he still has no information on the location of his personal documents.