The Cycling-Inform Store

Marco Pantani, once Italy's most celebrated cyclist, died alone on Valentine's Day in a hotel, one month after his 34th birthday. It was a sad and shocking ending for this champion who had reached the highest levels of athletic achievement in 1998 when he won the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the same year. Pantani also twice defeated Lance Armstong in mountaintop stages of the 2000 Tour de France. But when he embraced the drug culture of cycling, he plummeted from the heights of stardom to the utter depths of depression. For the first time the full story of Pantani's sparkling career and terrible fall is told. Including an intimate interview with his girlfriend and the star's final tragic days and a memorable selection of articles and images.