Cycleracer Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Marco Pantani, the winner of the 1998 Tour of Italy and the Tour De France in the same year has committed suicide in his hotel room in Rimmini in Italy. Pantani aged 34 was in the final years of his cycling career and has been dogged with drug issues during his turbulant career died Yesterday ( Sat 14 Feb). The cycling world has lost a great hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 15, 2004 Share Posted February 15, 2004 Very sad news ... a top rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Jesus - What a shame when a top sportsman resorts to this. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Apparently its not suicide, may have died of a heart attack. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3490761.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguk Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Very sad - he was a character of the sport and exciting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodmally Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Marco Pantani, the winner of the 1998 Tour of Italy and the Tour De France in the same year has committed suicide in his hotel room in Rimmini in Italy. Pantani aged 34 was in the final years of his cycling career and has been dogged with drug issues during his turbulant career died Yesterday ( Sat 14 Feb). The cycling world has lost a great hero. That is sad news. I'm sure he will be missed by all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 That is sad news. I'm sure he will be missed by all. He was... 11 years ago.. how have you pulled this one up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Marco Pantani, the winner of the 1998 Tour of Italy and the Tour De France in the same year has committed suicide in his hotel room in Rimmini in Italy. Pantani aged 34 was in the final years of his cycling career and has been dogged with drug issues during his turbulant career died Yesterday ( Sat 14 Feb). The cycling world has lost a great hero. Old thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Re-cycled thread! (pun intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Re-cycled thread! (pun intended) Yep..woodmally has explained why this has happened on a thread in the "Sheffield" section...he got his settings wrong.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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