Spectrum: Ever since Marco Pantani was found dead in a Rimini hotel room almost exactly 11 years ago, rumors have swirled around the circumstances surrounding his untimely death. His parents have repeatedly voiced their suspicions that it may have been murder. Now, it seems the truth is beginning to come to light. The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport… read more
Cycling: The Pantani case is keeping the Italian justice system busy. After new leads surfaced, the public prosecutor's office has reopened the investigation. The great Italian cycling star Marco Pantani was found dead in his hotel room in Rimini on February 14, 2004. At the time, a cocaine overdose was given as the cause of death, and… read more
On the tenth anniversary of Marco Pantani's death on February 14th, friends, colleagues, and family members of "il Pirata" gathered last Saturday in the banquet hall of a hotel in Bologna to remember him and reminisce about old times. One of his toughest sporting rivals from the "good old days" was certainly Jan Ullrich, who... read more
