20 years ago today, il Pirata died

[Elefantino]

My beloved namesake has been gone for one score. Seems like forever.
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[Tickdoc]

Wow that seems like a long time ago, but not far away! My cycling idol. He's been my phone screensaver ever since my first iphone.

[Elefantino]

I wore my pink Mercatone kit as an homage when I climbed the Stelvio.

[Spaghetti Legs]

How time flies! I’ll take the Carrera out tomorrow in his honor.

[XXtwindad]

“If I was the carpenter, then he was the artist. He had all the panache in the world, all the panache you could fit into a small climber, and I, if I'm honest, didn't have that.”

Armstrong on Pantani.

[XXtwindad]

One of my favorite songs on the indoor trainer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=66iXTQio7wk

[JedB]

Time flies.
RIP, Pirate.

[warren128]

Time flies, I'm a Pantani fan too. When the weather clears up, I'll ride my Bianchi.

IMG_20220731_100547930_HDR by warren t., on Flickr

[bicycletricycle]

That Lance battle up the ventoux, amazing

[LadyDog]

Hard to believe it's been that long. If anyone could rock the bald look, it was Pantani.

[merckxman]

It's a long story about how I came about the signed card, one of the last signed by Pantani it turned out before his shocking death.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by merckxman

It's a long story about how I came about the signed card, one of the last signed by Pantani it turned out before his shocking death.

Very cool.

[wc1934]

My favorite!!
Climbing while out of the saddle and in the drops.

[wc1934]

Originally Posted by merckxman

It's a long story about how I came about the signed card, one of the last signed by Pantani it turned out before his shocking death.

I would love to hear it (read it) and I am sure others would as well.

[choke]

I bought this not long after they came out.