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Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2006. Marco 'little pirate' Pantani confirmed his place as one of the greatest cyclists ever to ride when, weighing only 53kg, he won both the Giro d'Italia and Tour De France in the 1998 season. In contrast to those celebrations on the Champs-Élysées, the Pantani story ends in tragedy when, six years later, Marco was found dead in a Rimini hotel room from a cocaine overdose in suspicious circumstances.
In 'The Death of Marco Pantani' Matt Rendell recounts the incredible climbs, career threatening crashes, the public fallout with Lance Armstrong, drug scandals and conspiracy theories surrounding Pantani's career obtaining exclusive interviews with medial staff, officials, lawyers and people close to Marco to shed new light on the most colourful character in the peloton.
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The Death of Marco Pantani Synopsis
Intimate biography of the charismatic Tour de France winner and the world that caused his downfall
At 9:30 pm on 14 February 2004, former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani was found dead in Rimini. It emerged that he had been addicted to cocaine since Autumn 1999, weeks after being expelled from the Tour of Italy for blood doping. Conspiracy theories abounded - that he was injected in his sleep by a business rival, that the Olympic Committee had framed him, that Italian Industrialists had engineered his downfall, etc etc.
If none of these is entirely true and none of them fully explains Pantani's personal tragedy, none of them is foundationless. This book debunks the myths and makes surprising revelations. About Pantani's personal tragedy, but also about the world of cycling. Matt Rendell had access not only to court transcripts but to many of Pantani's friends and the doctors who treated him.
But Pantani's life is about much more than drug addiction. Lance Armstrong described him as 'more of an artist than an athlete - an extravagant figure ...' Despite being plagued with injuries he won both the Giro and the Tour in 1998, something very few cyclists even attempt. He was an inspirational icon, and the remarkable wins against all odds make gripping reading.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780753822036 |
| Publication date: |
6th June 2007 |
| Author: |
Matt Rendell |
| Publisher: |
W&N an imprint of Orion |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
324 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Biographies & Autobiographies
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