Marc Márquez: his first girlfriend, the sacrifices of his mother and Lucia Rivera

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Vanitatis offers you five unusual data to know something better about this Catalan born in Cervera (Lleida) in 1993

Marc Márquez is the absolute protagonist of the press this Friday. The 27-year-old, several times MotoGP world champion, has suffered a fall during the first free practice session of the Thai Grand Prix, which took place in the Spanish dawn. Fortunately, everything has been scared. This summer, it has also been news for his love for Lucia Rivera. Passionate photographs of both certified it and, since then, both have become inseparable. Vanitatis reviews some data to know something better about this Catalan born in Cervera (Lleida) in 1993.

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-Your favorite dish

As he declared to 'La Vanguardia', what he likes most when one of his careers ends is that his mother prepare a good plate of macaroni and tomato. As a simple boy and from home, the food he likes most is also the reflection of a personality alien to the pretentious. "Every time I travel, there is a dish of these that I like prepared," he said.

Marc Márquez, in a file image. (Cordon Press)

- His first girlfriend:

Simplicity is also the trait that, he said, values more in a girl. However, it seems that love is still somewhat elusive. “The first one left me because I moved a lot. But this happened when I was very young, ”he said on one occasion about the reason for his first love 'disappointment'. Since then, time has been short when it comes to finding his soulmate. So much circuit leaves him little time to seek love.
-Your brother is also a pilot:

His name is Alex, he is 20 years old and also a pilot. This is Márquez's brother who, despite not having reached Marc's professional height, is following in his footsteps with Tino. Among all the public that follows his careers is not his brother, since he suffers “very much” every time he has to watch him compete. Brother's love weighs more than their passion for motorcycling.

The pilot, competing in Valencia. (Cordon Press)

-He is the protagonist of his own comic:

Although it seems surreal given his youth, Marc Márquez's career has been so inspiring that it led to a comic, the work of Belén Ortega and Isidro Sánchez. Sacrifice, passion and overcoming are the characteristics listed by the creators to define the protagonist of this story that recreates with more or less fidelity the brief existence of the rider who has broken all MotoGP records.

Comic about Marc Márquez.

- The sacrifices of his mother:

One of the mainstays in Marc Márquez's life has always been his mother, Roser Alentà, whom the media have interviewed on occasion. One of the most important confessions of this housewife took place in the Cadena Ser and was quite hard. “Sometimes we didn't have dinner to help buy boots for our children. People see where Marc and Alex are now, but we know that there have been many sacrifices to get there, ”he said. And the truth is that the path to the success of their children and their family was not easy.