Marco Pantani Top 10 Wow Moments

Marco Pantani often taunted as the best climber in history, produced many spectacular wins and set the plenty of records on legendary climbs in both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France.

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[drips]

i remember coming home from school and turning on the tv to watch the giro d'italia on eurosport.
pantani was an idol of mine and the major reason for my love of cycling.
this video gives me goosebumps.

[ebrown]

oh man, thank you for this gem. pantani forever. R.i.P. uran.

[jpmtlhead]

I'am 61 years old and an Die Hard Cycling Fan, and i remember like it was yesterday the first time that the world nottest that Small Frame in that huge bike was capable of beating anyone on the professional cycling world when the road started to go uphill in a very Scary and Overwhelming way.
Marco Pantani was the most Brave and Powerfull Climber in professional cycling.
No one was able to go with him when Pantani did enter on that explosive climbing mode.
The Best Climber in Cycling History.
RIP Marco, you are a Legend.
PS: And that Huge POS of a human being that is Lance Armstrong saying " that he regret give the Victory to Pantani" is the Epitome of an Professional Criminal Cheater at is Best.
The name Lance Armstrong should be Erased from any Cycling publication, sites, books and above all from cycling History.

[michealwalford]

The pirate ☠️ love his attacking style and fearless racing.

[tomtanner]

Er war ein echter Star. Sein Tod war sinnlos. Ich denke er war ein sensibler, guter Mensch.
Sehr schade um ihn. Möge er in Frieden ruhen🙏

[sevenrats]

The image of Il Pirata, in the drops and out of the saddle, going up a 10% grade like a rocket, is ICONIC!

[ItsOnlyRyan]

Phenomenal climber
Mad his record still stands today with all the advances in technology in bikes… he was a beast up hills climbing

[adrianoloiacono]

Il migliore a portato la gente a innamorarsi del ciclismo

[michaelaweiler]

i was not interested in cycling until this year. but soon enough i was caught at warching the 2023 tdf. never heard before of marco pantani, but as i got deeper into the history of this sport, marco was crossing my way. what shall i say, except that he was one of the best and i admire him extremely, not only for his cycling and his success, but also for his mistakes, his faults and his being human as o ne can be.❤

[martinwild]

i love watching Marco what a man RIP 💐

[djurowsky]

This guy was not from this world, and we all never deserved him.

[carlcarl]

Thanks man, hey I was on the side of the Grenoble Mtn, back in 98, saw Pantanni come past in the rain, then later on tv, I watch Marco struggling to put his rain jacket on, he nearly crashed trying to do it. Phil ligget was commentating and he said he should put it on backwards, you only need your chest to be protected from rain and wind.

[jasonstevenson]

Great video, I remember that stage on the 98 TdF very well - absolutely incredible to attack from so far out in that weather and continually extend his lead to the finish, decimating everyone. I also remember the great stage the following day when Ullrich bounced back but Marco stuck to his wheel like a limpet. A lot of more recent cycling fans marveled at Contador's climbing but he was not on the same page as Il Pirata.

[JOVO]

Great Rider with a simple tactic: Take your heart and attack and attack again until the opponents are crumbly:-) I was an Ullrich fan, but I always like to see when Marco wins the stages!

[TheLimerickman]

Thanks for this pal brings back a lot of fond memories

[charlydegaul]

for me it was one of the best climb on the Montecampione, when he smash Tonkov and also climb to Oropa in 1998 this was sprint uphill

[johngulino]

I wish it wouldn’t begin with a quote from Lance Armstrong. 😩😫

[miguelflorit]

The h is silent !!! But thanks for speaking of the greatest climber the sport has seen! 👍

[cliffharrington]

A great rider, who deserved to have a long and happy life, very sad end to his life and very sad how he was treated towards the end.

[huzcer]

As the French say, these clips are very "a l'EPO-que" .
And by the way - "Alpe de who-Ez" and "Tour de Swiss" - lmao - best pronunciation ever!