CYCLIST

Marco Pantani

1970 - 2004

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Marco Pantani (Italian: [ˈmarko panˈtaːni]; 13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as one of the greatest climbing specialists in the history of the sport by measures of his legacy, credits from other riders, and records. He recorded the fastest ever climbs up the Tour's iconic venues of Mont Ventoux (46:00) and Alpe d'Huez (36:50), and other cyclists including Lance Armstrong and Charly Gaul have hailed Pantani's climbing skills. He is the second to last rider and one of only eight to ever win the Tour de France – Giro d'Italia double, doing so in 1998. He is the sixth of seven Italians, after Ottavio Bottecchia, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Gastone Nencini and Felice Gimondi, and before Vincenzo Nibali to win the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marco Pantani is the 31st most popular cyclist (down from 19th in 2019), the 2,055th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,715th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Marco Pantani ranks 31 out of 1,613. Before him are Louis Trousselier, Nicolas Frantz, Rudolph Lewis, Lucien Van Impe, René Pottier, and Patrick Sercu. After him are Octave Lapize, Firmin Lambot, Francesco Moser, Jan Janssen, Ferdinand Kübler, and Laurent Fignon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Marco Pantani ranks 50. Before him are Christian Karembeu, Amaury Nolasco, Adam Goldberg, Andrej Plenković, Phillip Cocu, and Bart De Wever. After him are Dominic Purcell, Paulo Sousa, M. Night Shyamalan, John Carmack, Roberto Di Matteo, and Gabby Giffords. Among people deceased in 2004, Marco Pantani ranks 86. Before him are Frances Shand Kydd, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Gordon Cooper, Harold Shipman, John Charles, and Alan King. After him are Shiing-Shen Chern, Juan Carlos Aramburu, Brian Clough, Philip Abelson, Fred Lawrence Whipple, and Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marco Pantani ranks 2,055 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanna Garzoni (1600), Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666), Bruno Conti (1955), Marie Anne Mancini (1649), Felice della Rovere (1483), and Luchino Visconti (1287). After him are William of Modena (1184), Charles I, Lord of Monaco (1300), Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587), Isabella of Clermont (1424), Welf I, Duke of Bavaria (1035), and Eugénie de Beauharnais (1808).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Marco Pantani ranks 6. Before him are Fausto Coppi (1919), Maurice Garin (1871), Gino Bartali (1914), Felice Gimondi (1942), and Alfredo Binda (1902). After him are Francesco Moser (1951), Ottavio Bottecchia (1894), Luigi Ganna (1883), Gastone Nencini (1930), Ercole Baldini (1933), and Fiorenzo Magni (1920).

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