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.
The intimate biography of the charismatic Tour de France winner Marco Pantani, now updated to include the 2014 and 2015 investigation into Pantani's death.
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The intimate biography of the charismatic Tour de France winner Marco Pantani, now updated to include the 2014 and 2015 investigation into Pantani's death.National Sporting Club Book of the YearShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 'An exhaustively detailed and beautiful book . . . a fitting, ambivalent tribute - to the man, and to the dark heart of the sport he loved' IndependentOn Valentine's day 2004, Marco Pantani was found dead in a cheap hotel. 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.
The Death of Marco Pantani features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
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The Death of Marco Pantani was written by Matt Rendell and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion
The Death of Marco Pantani has 384 pages
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