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Marlon Pérez Arango

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Arango.
Marlon Pérez Arango
Arango in 2008
Personal information
Full nameMarlon Alirio Pérez Arango
Born(1976-01-10)10 January 1976
Támesis, Antioquia, Colombia
Died4 October 2024(2024-10-04) (aged 48)
El Carmen de Viboral, Colombia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1999Empresas Públicas de Medellín
2000Aguardiente Antioqueño–Lotería de Medellín
2000RDM–Bianchi
2010–2011GW–Shimano
2013GW–Shimano
2016–2017Supergiros–Redetrans
Professional teams
2001Linda McCartney–Jacob’s Creek–Jaguar
2001–200305 Orbitel
2004–2005Colombia–Selle Italia
2006Tenax–Salmilano
2007Universal Caffè–Ecopetrol
2008–2009Caisse d'Epargne
2012Coldeportes–Comcel
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Time trial
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Maracaibo Time trial
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Quito Points race

Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (10 January 1976 – 4 October 2024) was a Colombian professional road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI ProTour team Caisse d'Epargne. He competed in the road and track categories for Colombia in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games.[1] He was stabbed to death at the age of 48.[2][1]

Major results

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1994
1st Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships
1996
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
1997
1st Overall Clásica de Girardot [fr]
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1998
1st Time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
1999
Pan American Games
1st Points race
3rd Individual pursuit
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
1st Prologue & Stage 9 Clásico RCN
3rd Overall Vuelta del Uruguay
1st Stage 4
2000
1st Overall Points race, UCI Track World Cup
1st Points race, Cali
3rd Points race, Turin
Pan American Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
3rd Points race
1st Overall Tour Nord-Isère
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
1st Seraing-Aachen-Seraing
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Vuelta a Colombia
2nd Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
7th Druivenkoers-Overijse
2001
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Prologue & Stages 1 & 2 (TTT)
2002
1st Prologue & Stage 1 Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta a Boyacá
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2003
1st Stage 1 Clásico RCN
2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs
3rd Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
3rd Overall Vuelta a Cundinamarca
7th Overall Vuelta a la Rioja
2004
1st Stages 1, 3 & 14 Vuelta al Táchira
3rd Trofeo dell'Etna
7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 2
9th GP Fred Mengoni
2005
1st Stages 4 & 10a (ITT) Vuelta a Venezuela
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Clásica de Girardot [fr]
7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
2007
6th Tre Valli Varesine
2008
8th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2010
1st Stages 1 (TTT), 3, 5 (ITT), 6 & 8 Clásico RCN
1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT) Clásica de Girardot [fr]
1st Stage 4 Clásica de El Carmen de Viboral [fr]
1st Stage 3 Clásica de Anapoima [fr]
1st Prologue (TTT) Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
2011
1st Time trial, Pan American Games
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Vuelta a Colombia
1st Prologue Clásico RCN
2012
1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 9 Vuelta a Costa Rica
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 40 DNF — — 90
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — —
A gold jersey Vuelta a España — — — — —

References

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  1. ^ a b "En una riña asesinaron al histórico ciclista antioqueño Marlon Pérez en El Carmen de Viboral". El Colombiano. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Colombia-Comcel (COD) - COL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Colombia
Atlanta 1996 		Succeeded by


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