Introducing Marco Pantani: Death of a Pirate
When Italy鈥檚 greatest cyclist is mysteriously found dead, sensational claims of mafia involvement see the world of cycling collide with the murky underworld of organised crime.
When Italy鈥檚 greatest cyclist is mysteriously found dead, sensational allegations of mafia involvement see the world of cycling collide, headfirst, with the murky underworld of organised crime.
Over the course of this podcast, we鈥檒l travel from the mountains of rural Italy, to the shady commercial underbelly of a sport on the rise, as - two decades on - the police, historians and our cycling-obsessed host Hugh Dennis try to answer once and for all what really happened to Marco Pantani.
With allegations of doping, race-fixing, gambling, and corruption, 90s cycling provides the backdrop for one of the most dramatic questions in sport - and criminal - history鈥� would the mafia really kill a cyclist?
Welcome to Marco Pantani: Death of a Pirate.
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