AgilisMerlin
12-16-2006, 06:46 PM
just picked this book up. A big hunk of literacy at 325 pages long. Thick stuff. Good stuff. Lots of lots of lots of history.
highly recommend :D
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Hardback.
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Book Description
Intimate biography of the charismatic Tour de France winner and the world that caused his downfall
Synopsis
At 9:30 pm on 14 February 2004, former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani was found dead in Rimini. It emerged that he had been addicted to cocaine since Autumn 1999, weeks after being expelled from the Tour of Italy for blood doping. Conspiracy theories abounded - that he was injected in his sleep by a business rival, that the Olympic Committee had framed him, that Italian Industrialists had engineered his downfall, etc etc. If none of these is entirely true and none of them fully explains Pantani's personal tragedy, none of them is foundationless. This book will debunk the myths and make surprising revelations. About Pantani's personal tragedy, but also about the world of cycling. Matt Rendell has access not only to court transcripts but to many of Pantani's friends and the doctors who treated him. But Pantani's life is about much more than drug addiction. Lance Armstrong described him as 'more of an artist than an athlete - an extravagant figure...' Despite being plagued with injuries he won both the Giro and the Tour in 1998, something very few cyclists even attempt. He was an inspirational icon, and the remarkable wins against all odds make gripping reading.
From the Back Cover
'This is a genuinely tragic sporting tale told with startling
clarity... Matt Rendell should be applauded for not letting his compassion
for 'Il Pirata' cloud his vision and interpretation of the man's life.
There are no stones left unturned here.' Simon Brotherton, BBC Radio
About the Author
MATT RENDELL survived Hodgkin’s Disease and lecturing at British and Latvian universities before entering TV and print journalism. He is the author of A Significant Other (W&N, 2004), a top ten sports book and Kings of the Mountains (Aurum, 2002). His Channel 4 documentary on Colombian cycling was described in The Observer as 'a gem, telling us more about the essence of sport in under an hour than a season’s worth of Premiership matches.' He has written for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including British coverage of the Tour de France. The National Sporting Club named Matt Rendell ‘Best New Sports Writer 2003.’
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Marco-Pantani-Biography/dp/0297850962
AmerliN
highly recommend :D
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0297850962.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V65794785_.jpg
Hardback.
Reviews
Book Description
Intimate biography of the charismatic Tour de France winner and the world that caused his downfall
Synopsis
At 9:30 pm on 14 February 2004, former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani was found dead in Rimini. It emerged that he had been addicted to cocaine since Autumn 1999, weeks after being expelled from the Tour of Italy for blood doping. Conspiracy theories abounded - that he was injected in his sleep by a business rival, that the Olympic Committee had framed him, that Italian Industrialists had engineered his downfall, etc etc. If none of these is entirely true and none of them fully explains Pantani's personal tragedy, none of them is foundationless. This book will debunk the myths and make surprising revelations. About Pantani's personal tragedy, but also about the world of cycling. Matt Rendell has access not only to court transcripts but to many of Pantani's friends and the doctors who treated him. But Pantani's life is about much more than drug addiction. Lance Armstrong described him as 'more of an artist than an athlete - an extravagant figure...' Despite being plagued with injuries he won both the Giro and the Tour in 1998, something very few cyclists even attempt. He was an inspirational icon, and the remarkable wins against all odds make gripping reading.
From the Back Cover
'This is a genuinely tragic sporting tale told with startling
clarity... Matt Rendell should be applauded for not letting his compassion
for 'Il Pirata' cloud his vision and interpretation of the man's life.
There are no stones left unturned here.' Simon Brotherton, BBC Radio
About the Author
MATT RENDELL survived Hodgkin’s Disease and lecturing at British and Latvian universities before entering TV and print journalism. He is the author of A Significant Other (W&N, 2004), a top ten sports book and Kings of the Mountains (Aurum, 2002). His Channel 4 documentary on Colombian cycling was described in The Observer as 'a gem, telling us more about the essence of sport in under an hour than a season’s worth of Premiership matches.' He has written for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including British coverage of the Tour de France. The National Sporting Club named Matt Rendell ‘Best New Sports Writer 2003.’
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Marco-Pantani-Biography/dp/0297850962
AmerliN