7. A Sad Day For The Sport
Marco Pantani is a broken man as he tries desperately to clear his name.
Sport's Strangest Crimes · BBC Radio 5 Live
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Show Notes
After his disqualification from the 1999 Giro, Marco Pantani is devastated and withdrawn. His cocaine abuse worsens, and he becomes obsessed with clearing his name. Friends and family watch on, helpless, as his career begins to slip away - and then, on Valentine’s Day 2004, some devastating news shocks Italy: the Pirate has is dead.
Narrated by Hugh Dennis, with the voices of Iain Ferrier and Helen Roper
Sound design: Rich Evans Additional production: Lorenzo Bodrero, Matt Kenyon and Ed Morrish
Writer and producer: Katie Sayer Executive producer: Jon Holmes