Marco Pantani remembered 10 years after his death

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Marco Pantani, Giro d'Italia 1999

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Family and friends will meet tomorrow and Saturday in Cesenatico, Italy, to celebrate Marco Pantani. The 34-year-old Italian, winner of the 1998 Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, died of a cocaine overdose 10 years ago on Valentine's Day, February 14.

Jan Ullrich, Evgeni Berzin, Giuseppe Guerini, Claudio Chiappucci, Felice Gimondi and Francesco Moser will attend In Nome di Marco on Saturday night. Tomorrow, the city will show a film and hold a church service to remember Pantani.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.