Under an appropriately leaden grey sky, the body of the fallen cycling hero Marco Pantani was finally laid to rest yesterday in the cemetery of his home town of Cesenatico, Italy.

Pantani was found dead in a hotel room in Rimini on the evening of St. Valentine's Day in 2004 after apparently consuming a huge dose of cocaine. He had fled from Milan a few days before while his ...

The coroner's report into Marco Pantani's death has reached the conclusion that the 1998 Tour de France winner died of a cocaine overdose. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Marco Pantani was the Lance Armstrong of his day. In 1998 he won both the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, a feat that nobody has matched since. Six years later, he was found dead in a ...

Marco Pantani: Prosecutors say no there’s evidence Italian cycling star was murdered. PROSECUTORS say there’s no evidence Italian cycling star Marco Pantani, who died after a massive cocaine ...

New Black Films’ highly anticipated new feature documentary PANTANI: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist has been completed and is to be released in UK cinemas late April.. Ten years on from the death ...

Italian cycling star Marco Pantani has been found dead in a hotel in Rimini. The 34-year-old climbing specialist, nicknamed "The Pirate", won the 1998 Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. But his career ...