Cycling News: The public prosecutor's office in Rimini, Italy, has resumed investigations into the death of Marco Pantani. The officers are now investigating on suspicion of manslaughter. the Radstar's family had been pushing for this for a long time.
When we were guests together with Jan Ullrich at the celebrations for the tenth anniversary of Marco Pantani's death in February, one thing was always made clear by his family: "We will not give up until the true background to Marco's death has not been finally clarified. It wasn't suicide!” Mother Tonina never tired of replying to everyone who had been talking about suicide and drug abuse for ten years.
So now the Rimini public prosecutor's office has actually resumed the investigation. Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Saturday that new evidence had emerged justifying the retrial of the trial. The Pantani family's lawyer, Adolfo De Rensis, said that the Pantani family had persuaded the judiciary to review aspects that had not previously been considered.
For Pantani's family, the badly devastated hotel room was always the first indication that Marco must have been forced to take the fatal dose of cocaine. As early as 2004, the investigations of the Rimini criminal police showed that the dose that was detected in his body far exceeded a lethal dose. "Marco wanted to unpack everything he knew about the doping system, so he had to die."
We can't wait to see what the police will find out about the Pantani case in the coming weeks and months. As early as 2004, three drug dealers were arrested and convicted in the course of the investigation. We will continue to report.