[44] The original case started in Turin, but was moved to Forlì upon Pantani's lawyers' requests. [40], After being disqualified at the 1999 Giro d'Italia for a hematocrit reading of 52 percent, above the 50-percent upper limit set by UCI, Pantani faced persistent allegations of doping throughout the rest of his career. Up Next. Years later news emerged that said drug test may have been rigged by Italian organised crime running illegal bets and interested in having Pantani not winning the Giro. This stage was an individual time trial up to Alpe d'Huez, where Marco Pantani won in 1995 and 1997. Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist. [70], In the early evening of 14 February 2004, Pantani was found dead at a hotel in Rimini, Italy. Pantani became the first Italian since Felice Gimondi in 1965 to win the Tour and the seventh rider in history to achieve the Giro-Tour double, a feat which no one had achieved since Miguel Indurain succeeded in 1993. He had told friends that he wanted to go to a rehabilitation clinic in Bolivia this spring, but instead he made a lone, fatal trip to Rimini, spending the last five days of his life in the hotel room, half-barricaded in by furniture and barely communicating with the outside world. He was off the pace in the Pyrenees, but matched Lance Armstrong on Mont Ventoux, leaving the field behind. In 1994, he finished fourth at the Giro del Trentino and the Giro di Toscana before his second participation at the Giro d'Italia, where he was supposed to help Chiappucci. But Pantani's popularity could not prevent him from entering a five-year spiral of diminishing success, an increasingly anarchic existence off the bike, and what has now been confirmed as illegal drug use. He also holds the second and third fastest time at 36'53" in 1997 and 37'15" in 1994, followed by Lance Armstrong at 37'36" in 2004 and Jan Ullrich at 37'40" in 1997. Get this from a library! [22] Having won over two minutes on Pantani in the previous time trial, Tonkov was considered superior to Pantani on the time trial discipline, but the Italian finished third in the penultimate stage, gaining an additional five seconds on Tonkov. The death of Marco Pantani : a biography. There may be riders who have achieved more than him, but they never succeeded in drawing in the fans like he did. Pantani said that he felt insulted by the gesture, causing bad feelings between the two which were exacerbated when Armstrong referred to him as Elefantino (Italian for 'little elephant'), a reference to his prominent ears. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. [29][30] At the time of his disqualification, Pantani had won four stages and held a comfortable lead of five minutes and thirty-eight seconds over Paolo Savoldelli and also led in the points and mountains classifications. Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist (Trailer) Watch later. Pantani pulled back these early time losses to Ullrich, first in the Pyrenees by taking 23 seconds off Ullrich in the stage to Luchon[25] and winning the stage to Plateau de Beille, where he took an additional minute and forty seconds from Ullrich. In 2000, he was back in the Giro after deciding to ride only the day before the race started. Pantani launched an attack on the ascent of Galibier, forty-eight kilometers from the finish. Each year a loyal group of riders in Charlottesville, Virginia attempts to pay homage to Marco Pantani by meeting on his birthday weekend and ascending the steepest gravel climbs in the area. [14] Even though he completed the stage, he was treated at a hospital for a muscle injury in the same leg he had hurt in 1995. Tap to unmute. [69], A French senate report into doping released in July 2013 confirmed that Pantani had tested positive for EPO during retroactive testing of samples from the 1998 Tour de France conducted in 2004. [50] Although he initially received a three-month suspended sentence,[51] Pantani's lawyers appealed and the case was dismissed in late 2001 because the law itself had been passed only in 1999. [33] In that same Tour, he won another stage, to Courchevel, that turned out to be his last victory as a professional. He was 34 years old. The test was designated as a "health test" although it was administered on suspicion that the athlete was using the banned blood-boosting drug, EPO. [79] Tonina Pantani, his mother, also published a book in 2008 titled Era mio figlio (English: He was my son). [27] Pantani turned his three-minute deficit on Ullrich into a six-minute advantage that he maintained in the following stages to win the Tour de France ahead of Jan Ullrich and Bobby Julich. On Valentine's day 2004, Marco Pantani was found dead in a cheap hotel. Pantani rode the 2000 Tour de France. [13] Pantani returned to the Giro in 1997, but he was injured when a black cat caused an accident in front of him during one of the first stages. In the Tour de France, Pantani started the race by finishing 181st of 189 riders in the opening prologue, and losing over four minutes in the first individual time trial to 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich. [19] Although Pantani crossed the finish line behind Giuseppe Guerini, he finished over four minutes ahead of Zülle, maintaining an advantage of thirty seconds on the general classification over Tonkov, thirty-one seconds on Guerini and over a minute on Zülle. Pantani's ex-girlfriend Christina Jonsson, in an April 2004 interview to Swiss news magazine L'Hebdo, indicated that following his expulsion from the 1999 Giro d'Italia, Pantani had confes… [42][43][44] Although the results didn't surface until 1999, in early 1997 UCI had decided to implement blood testing, imposing a 50-percent upper limit for hematocrit. Marco Pantani stood apart. You're signed out. [7][9] As an amateur, he won the 1992 Girobio, the amateur version of the Giro d'Italia, after finishing third in 1990 and second in 1991. [54][55] It was revealed that Pantani's name appeared on a file marked "Dblab", seized from Conconi's Biomedical Research Institute at Ferrara, which detailed athlete's hematocrit levels between 1993 and 1995. It was based on a book published by French journalist Philippe Brunel, a friend of Pantani, suggesting that Pantani may have been murdered. In March 1995, his hematocrit values had dropped to 45%, but they reached 56% in July during the Tour de France, where he won two stages; and over 60% in October, after the accident in the Milano–Torino. He also won a stage at the Tour de Suisse and finished third in the 1995 World Championships road race in Duitama, Colombia, behind Spaniards Abraham Olano and Miguel Indurain. Giro d'Italia's organisers decided to dedicate a mountain pass to Pantani's memory every year. [80] A graphic novel titled Gli ultimi giorni di Marco Pantani (English: The Last Days of Marco Pantani) was released in 2011, chronicling the events that led up to Pantani's death. Even shortly after his death nobody would consider him … Pantani's attacking style and aggressive riding turned him into a fan favorite in the late 1990s. He never raced the Tour again. Luciano Pezzi founded Mercatone Uno, taking with him as directeur sportifs Giuseppe Martinelli, Davide Cassani and Alessandro Giannelli and ten of the riders from Carrera. Marco Pantani died alone, in a seaside hotel, in the middle of winter. He also finished thirteenth and claimed his second successive best young rider prize. [Matt Rendell] -- Former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani was found dead in Rimini in 2004. 2 talking about this. In 1995, he was hit by a car while training, preventing him from riding the Giro, but rode the Tour and won stages at Alpe d'Huez and Guzet-Neige. [10] He finished 12th in his first professional race, the Gran Premio Città di Camaiore. [66] In 2008 Fanini further claimed that Forconi had received a house for the exchange but Forconi refuted these claims. He is the last cyclist, and one of only seven, to win the Giro and the Tour in the same year. Very user friendly navigation and includes a search function and interactive quizzes. Marco Pantani's best moment on the Col du Galibier came in 1998, when he launched a sudden attack four kilometres from the summit and, for 40 … Copy link. After that, he raced sporadically in 2001 and 2002, although he was demoralised from doping suspicions and had poor results. In 1993, his first full season as a professional, he finished fifth at the mountainous course of Giro del Trentino and debuted at the Giro d'Italia in order to help his team leader, Claudio Chiappucci. [73] In 2008, Fabio Carlino was convicted of supplying Pantani with a dose of ultra-pure cocaine that caused his death. The court case examining the possible murder of Marco Pantani, winner of the 1998 Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, is over, with a cocaine overdose remaining the cause of … At that point, he was sixth in the overall classification, facing a disadvantage of nine minutes to Armstrong. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. [41] A few days later, Italian prosecutor Raffaele Guariniello accused Pantani of a "sporting offence" after he discovered, by looking through trial and medical records, that Pantani's hematocrit after the accident was over 60 percent. The Death of Marco Pantani book. Jan Ullrich won, with Pantani third behind Richard Virenque. During the 2001 Giro d'Italia, Italian police raided the rooms of riders from all 20 teams and a syringe containing traces of insulin was found in Pantani's room. [11] He won two consecutive mountain stages, earning his first victory as a professional in the fourteenth stage to Merano. While signing the contract, barely above the minimum established, he asked Boifava what would happen if he were to win the Giro d'Italia or the Tour de France, requesting a change in the contract. Armstrong eased and appeared to allow Pantani the stage victory. (Photo: Bettini) Public prosecutors in Italy have reopened the case into the death of former cycling champion Marco Pantani after new evidence emerged. The coroner's report into Marco Pantani's death has reached the conclusion that the 1998 Tour de France winner died of a cocaine overdose. [84], A number of monuments and memorials have been erected in his honor at, among other places, Mortirolo Pass,[85] Colle Fauniera,[86] Col du Galibier[87] and his hometown Cesenatico.[88]. An autopsy revealed he had cerebral edema and heart failure, and a coroner's inquest revealed acute cocaine poisoning. Shopping. [35] In 2003, Pantani made another comeback in the Giro d'Italia, finishing 14th overall. His life's grim finale, though, threatens to overshadow all Pantani's achievements. The race starts in Cesenatico, Pantani's hometown, and follows a route towards his birthplace, Cesena. In 1999, Pantani started the season by winning a stage and the overall classification of Vuelta a Murcia as well as a stage at the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme. Pantani spent the last days of his life isolated from his friends and family and barricaded himself inside his hotel room. The case of legendary Italian cyclist Marco Pantani’s death has been re-opened by Italian prosecutors. In the early evening of 14 February 2004, Pantani was found dead at a hotel in Rimini, Italy. [2][3] He won both the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in 1998, being the sixth Italian after Ottavio Bottecchia, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi and Gastone Nencini to win the Tour de France. The possibility that Pantani committed suicide has been all but discarded, given that the report states: "There are no concrete elements to support [such a] hypothesis]. He was known as "Il Pirata" (English: "The pirate") because of his shaven head and the bandana and earrings he wore. [81] Italian television RAI aired a television film in 2007 titled Il Pirata: Marco Pantani, a biographical film which starred Rolando Ravello as Marco Pantani. Because of this, they tend to be suspected of cheating. Chris Maume @cmaume. “The Death of Marco Pantani” was one of the first cycling books I’ve read, although since then I’ve read many more (skipping however over the Lance Armstrong works of fiction). Humiliation. The autopsy doctor, Giuseppe Fortuni, has yet to make his findings public, but judicial sources indicated yesterday that the coroner's report says the Italian died because of "an acute intoxication of cocaine, causing an edema [accumulation of liquid in the brain and lungs].". Distressing scenes, drug use, flashing images. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Use this page to find out if Marco Pantani is dead or alive. The conviction was overturned in 2011 by the Court of Cassation after the acting Prosecutor expressed doubts regarding the verdict, while stating that he "had the impression that the exaggerated media publicity surrounding Mr. Pantani's death led the judges to an excessive attribution of responsibility".[74]. According to documentation released by Spanish radio network Cadena SER, Pantani was allegedly given the code name "PTNI" by Eufemiano Fuentes, with a detailed program in 2003, his last season, including EPO, growth hormone, Insulin, Levothroid and IGF-1. [75] During the funeral, his manager Manuela Ronchi read notes that Pantani had written in his passport during a trip to Cuba: For four years I've been in every court, I just lost my desire to be like all the other sportsmen, but cycling has paid and many youngsters have lost their faith in justice. Only later did it emerge that Pantani had been addicted to cocaine since 1999. [61] In 2002, he was banned for eight months by the Italian Cycling Federation, but he later won an appeal due to an absence of proof. [35][62], In 2006, two years after his death, Pantani was linked to the Operación Puerto doping case. Twenty thousand mourners were at his funeral, which was attended by Franco Ballerini, Alberto Tomba, Azeglio Vicini, Mario Cipollini and Diego Maradona among others. Although he was disqualified for "health reasons," it was implied that Pantani's high haematocrit was the product of EPO use. Cause of death was cardiac arrest due to an overdose of cocaine and anti-depressants. Only later did it emerge that Pantani had been addicted to cocaine since 1999. The coroner's report into Marco Pantani's death has reached the conclusion that the 1998 Tour de France winner died of a cocaine overdose. On Valentine's day 2004, Marco Pantani was found dead in a cheap hotel. A rider with a value above 50 percent was given a compulsory two-week suspension. Pantani's career in pictures Italian cycling star Marco Pantani has been found dead in a hotel in Rimini. According to the information released by the newspaper, Francesco Conconi administered EPO to Italian athletes from 1993 to 1998, including Pantani and other cyclists of Carrera. [18] Zülle won the initial prologue in Nice and also won the sixth stage to Lago Laceno, but Pantani recovered some time in the mountain stage to Piancavallo. When Mortirolo was included in the Giro for the third time in 1994, Pantani attacked and left everyone behind to earn a win at Aprica. I guess it applies for what Pantani has become after his death. [34] Later in the year he represented Italy in the Sydney Olympics Road Race, finishing 69th. Following his success in the Tour, he stated that he may have won the cleanest Tour because of the fear of police following the Festina affair. It defied belief: Pantani, having won the rare double of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in 1998, was regarded as the only cyclist capable of challenging Lance Armstrong's dominance. Although Pantani never tested positive during his career, his career was beset by doping allegations. [78] Manuela Ronchi, Pantani's manager for five years, published an account on the last few years of Pantani's life titled Man on the Run. [67][68], Matt Rendell's biography of Pantani suggests Pantani used recombinant erythropoietin (rEPO) throughout his professional career. [47][48][49] Pantani was eventually indicted on a so-called "fraud in sport", but his lawyers argued that Pantani's hematocrit may have been elevated by a combination of training at high altitude in September, suffering from dehydration during the race, trauma of his accident and a margin of error for the sampling method. [15] He returned to action at the 1997 Tour de France and won two stages in the Alps, establishing a record time for the climb of Alpe d'Huez and winning two days later at Morzine. [4], His success at the Girobio led to his turning professional for the remainder of the 1992 season with Davide Boifava's Carrera Jeans–Vagabond. It is also the last chapter in the story of an Italian sportsman who remained an iconic figure in his country despite being thrown out of the Tour of Italy in 1999 because of a failed hematocrit test - an indicator, but not proof, of the use of the banned drug EPO. [20] In the following stage to Alpe di Pampeago, he finished second behind Tonkov but maintained the general classification lead over him and gained further time on Zülle and Guerini. The technique used was deplasmation, the removal of plasma that increases hematocrit but decreased the platelets to a number out of the normal possible range for Pantani.[32]. [17], In 1998, Pantani was considered a favorite to win the Giro d'Italia. Documental que sigue la trágica vida y muerte del famoso ciclista Marco Pantani Marco Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist on Vimeo Product It alleges that seasonal hematocrit levels from several sources showed variations which exceeded those possible naturally, and that Pantani's main victories were probably won also thanks to blood hematocrit levels which could have been up to 60%. [5] His style has been contrasted with that of time-trialling experts such as the five-times Tour winner Miguel Indurain.[6]. Marco Pantani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko panˈtaːni]; 13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely considered one of the best climbers of all time in professional road bicycle racing. Italy's former world champion Mario Cipollini said recently. Info. Pantani was leading the Giro d'Italia, with only one mountain stage left, when a blood test at Madonna di Campiglio showed that he had a 52-percent hematocrit reading, above the 50-percent upper limit set by UCI. In the seventeenth stage to Selva di Val Gardena, Pantani took the maglia rosa, the leader's jersey, for the first time in his career after attacking Zülle on the Marmolada climb. In 1994, his haematocrit values fluctuated from 40.7% on 16 March, early in the season, to 54.55% on 23 May, during the first stages of the Giro d'Italia. That same year Pantani made his Tour de France debut, coming in third and winning the young rider classification along the way. [19] Zülle lost contact with the favorites in the first climb and ended up losing over thirty minutes. Info. "Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist" is a documentary with two sides: it captures both the beauty of cycling as well as it tells the tragic story of Marco Pantani. Shortly after returning to Italy, he collided head-on with a car during the Italian Milano–Torino race, sustaining multiple fractures to the left tibia and fibula,[12] injuries that threatened his career and forced him to miss most of the 1996 season. Marco Pantani was found dead in a hotel room in 2004 at the age of 34; The popular cyclist was ruled to have died following an overdose of cocaine [63] Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera indicated that he was administered over 40,000 units of EPO, seven doses of growth hormone, thirty doses of anabolic steroids and four doses of hormones used to treat menopause. The coroner's conclusion would perhaps explain why Pantani had taken out around €20,000 [£13,400] in cash from a bank a few days before, as well as the presence of a white powder on his bedside table. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. [7][8] He joined the Fausto Coppi cycling club of Cesenatico at the age of eleven. [12] In early June 1999, a few days after Pantani was expelled from the 1999 Giro d'Italia, a court condemned the city of Turin to compensate him for an accident in the 1995 edition of the Milano–Torino, which forced Pantani to undergo several surgeries and a long recovery to get back on his bike. He stopped to put on a rain jacket at the summit to win on the final ascent to Deux Alpes. Marco Pantani died in 2004 in tragic circumstances (Image credit: Graham Watson) Pantani last raced in the 2003 Giro, placing 14th. [12][76], Miguel Indurain, five-times Tour de France winner, praised Pantani by saying: "He got people hooked on the sport. Fifteen years ago, on Valentine’s Day, the body of Marco Pantani was found in a room in an inexpensive resort hotel in Rimini. "He gave his life to cycling." Wednesday … The 16th stage of 2004 Tour de France was dedicated to Pantani's memory. Italian news agency ANSA is reporting that possible pharmaceutical products (anti-depressants) were found next to his body. [52][53], In 1999, the Italian newspaper la Repubblica published information that linked Marco Pantani to an investigation on the use of performance-enhancing substances in Italian sports. In the 2004 edition, the first Cima Pantani was Mortirolo Pass, a mountain that played a key role in Pantani's history. An autopsy revealed he had cerebral edema and heart failure, and a coroner's inquest revealed acute cocaine poisoning. In his excellent book The Death of Marco Pantani, Matt Rendell details the large quantities of cocaine that the Italian snorted his way through in his last years, crashing car after car as a result of his binges. Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist in UK cinemas Now. [64] In 2006 Jesús Manzano, a Spanish professional road racing cyclist whose statements led the Guardia Civil to conduct the Operación Puerto investigation, disclosed in an interview with French television channel France 3 that Pantani was a client of Eufemiano Fuentes. Tap to unmute. He also won the Mountains classification and finished second in the Points classification.[24]. [11] He ultimately finished the race behind Eugeni Berzin but ahead of Miguel Indurain, who had won the two previous Giros. [71][72] Pantani's ex-girlfriend Christina Jonsson, in an April 2004 interview to Swiss news magazine L'Hebdo, indicated that following his expulsion from the 1999 Giro d'Italia, Pantani had confessed to her he had started using cocaine. The Death Of Marco Pantani, by Matt Rendell How a champion cyclist lost his way on the rocky road through life. 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His friends document that he became increasingly paranoid and delusional. His personal record for 13.8 km was in 1995 when he rode the climb in 36'40" minutes, which remains the fastest ascent time to this day. He was expelled from the race and forced to take a two-week break from racing, with no further action taken. No cause has yet been established for the cardiac arrest that ended Marco Pantani’s life on Saturday afternoon. [40], The trial for the 1999 Giro d'Italia irregular blood values began in April 2003 and Pantani was eventually acquitted because doping was not considered a crime by the law at that time. Pantani spent the last days of his life isolated from his friends and family and barricaded himself inside his hotel room. [82] A documentary on Pantani's life titled Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist was released in May 2014 in cinemas. He was sixth in the 1999 Giro d'Italia the Velo d'Or as the rider. 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