Tuesday, February 17
Marco Pantani RIP
I don't think I know anyone out of my friends who is a fan of professional cycling - but one of my all time sporting heroes was found dead at the weekend. He won the Tour De France and the Giro D'Italia in the same year - 1998. That's kind of like doing the double in football before the 1990's. He was an amazing mountain climber on the bike - one of the best of all time....
Sure he was dogged by drugs allegations - but who hasn't been in cycling...it just seems that he was picked out more than others. The Tour De France won't be the same without him...
I don't think I know anyone out of my friends who is a fan of professional cycling - but one of my all time sporting heroes was found dead at the weekend. He won the Tour De France and the Giro D'Italia in the same year - 1998. That's kind of like doing the double in football before the 1990's. He was an amazing mountain climber on the bike - one of the best of all time....
Sure he was dogged by drugs allegations - but who hasn't been in cycling...it just seems that he was picked out more than others. The Tour De France won't be the same without him...
