Marco Pantani
- January 5, 2024
- Cyclist
Quick Facts
Marco Pantani Biography
| Name | Marco Pantani |
| Birthday | Jan 13 |
| Birth Year | 1970 |
| Place Of Birth | Cesena |
| Birth Country | Italy |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Parents | Tonina Pantani, Ferdinando Pantani |
| Siblings | Manola Pantani |
Marco Pantani is one of the most popular and richest Cyclist who was born on January 13, 1970 in Cesena, Italy. He was an Italian racing cyclist, who won the Tour de France 1998.
The 2004 Tour de France, which Lance Armstrong won, was dedicated to his memory. won the 2004 Tour de France. It was in his memory.
Marco Pantani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko panˈtaːni] ; 13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely considered one of the best climbers of all time in professional road bicycle racing. He won both the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia in 1998, being the sixth Italian after Ottavio Bottecchia, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi and Gastone Nencini to win the Tour de France. He is the last cyclist, and one of only seven, to win the Giro and the Tour in the same year.
Pantani’s attacking style and aggressive riding turned him into a fan favorite in the late 1990s. He was known as “Il Pirata” (English: “The pirate”) because of his shaven head and the rakish bandana and earrings he always wore. At 1.72 m and 57 kg, he had the classic build for a mountain climber. His style contrasted with that of time-trialling experts such as the five-times Tour winner Miguel Indurain.
He is Ferdinando and Tonina Pantani’s son.
Marco Pantani Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Cyclist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Marco Pantani is one of the richest Cyclist from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marco Pantani 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He joined the At eleven years old he joined the Fausto Coppi cycling club. bicycle club at eleven years of age.
He was poisoned with cocaine and died.
Pantani was born on 13 January 1970 in Cesena, Romagna, the son of Ferdinando (referred to as Paolo) and Tonina. He joined the Fausto Coppi cycling club of Cesenatico at the age of eleven. As an amateur, he won the 1992 Girobio, the amateur version of the Giro d’Italia, after finishing third in 1990 and second in 1991.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight | 57 kg |
Marco Pantani height 5 ft 8 in Marco weight 57 kg & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Marco Pantani Dating?
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On the penultimate stage of 1998 Giro d’Italia, Pantani’s teammate Riccardo Forconi was expelled from the race for an haematocrit value above 50 percent. Ivano Fanini, the manager of Amore & Vita–Giubileo 2000–Beretta, suggested during the early stages of 1999 Giro d’Italia that Pantani and Forconi had exchanged their blood samples in order to avoid Pantani’s disqualification. According to Fanini, Forconi’s haematocrit value the previous day was only 47 percent. In 2008 Fanini further claimed that Forconi had received a house for the exchange but Forconi refuted these claims.
Facts & Trivia
Marco Ranked on the list of most popular Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Marco Pantani celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.
In 1999, the Italian newspaper la Repubblica published information that linked Marco Pantani to an investigation on the use of performance-enhancing substances in Italian sports. According to the information released by the newspaper, Francesco Conconi administered EPO to Italian athletes from 1993 to 1998, including Pantani and other cyclists of Carrera. It was revealed that Pantani’s name appeared on a file marked “Dblab”, seized from Conconi’s Biomedical Research Institute at Ferrara, which detailed athlete’s hematocrit levels between 1993 and 1995. In 1994, his haematocrit values fluctuated from 40.7% on 16 March, early in the season, to 54.55% on 23 May, during the first stages of the Giro d’Italia. His values reached 58% on 8 June, after winning two stages of the race, and were 57.4% on 27 July, after the Tour de France. In March 1995, his hematocrit values had dropped to 45%, but they reached 56% in July during the Tour de France, where he won two stages; and over 60% in October, after the accident in the Milano–Torino. In 2004, Conconi and his two assistants were acquitted by judge Franca Oliva because the crimes were not deemed illegal at the time although they were deemed “morally guilty” of promoting doping.
What happened Marco Pantani?
In the early evening of 14 February 2004, Pantani was found dead at a hotel in Rimini, Italy. An autopsy revealed he had cerebral edema and heart failure, and a coroner’s inquest revealed acute cocaine poisoning.
Did Marco Pantani take EPO?
The top two in the 1998 Tour de France, Italian Marco Pantani and German Jan Ullrich, were both taking the banned blood booster EPO , according to a French Senate inquiry into sports doping.
Is Marco Pantani alive?
February 14, 2004
Where was Marco Pantani born?
Cesena, Italy
How rich is Lance Armstrong?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Armstrong was worth approximately $125 million at the peak of his career. That has dropped considerably, but thanks to Uber, Lance Armstrong’s net worth is approximately $50 million today.