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1. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
Marco Pantani’s Life
Nicknamed The Pirate (Il Pirata)
Federico Porcacchia
University of studies Roma Tre
English Intensive Course , 2016
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

2. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
Outline
1 LIFE
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
2 HIS CAREER
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
3 THE END...
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3. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
Outline
1 LIFE
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
2 HIS CAREER
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
3 THE END...
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4. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
WHO MARCO PANTANI WAS?
Fact
HE WAS A ROAD BICYCLE RACER, STAGE RACE
Widely considered the
best climber of his era.
Physical features, height
1.72 M, Weight 72 KG,
high ratio Power-Weight.
He was also known as
“The Pirate” due to
“Bandana” and Earrings
he always wore and his
behavior when he hurled
his attack.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

5. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
WHO MARCO PANTANI WAS?
Fact
HE WAS A ROAD BICYCLE RACER, STAGE RACE
Widely considered the
best climber of his era.
Physical features, height
1.72 M, Weight 72 KG,
high ratio Power-Weight.
He was also known as
“The Pirate” due to
“Bandana” and Earrings
he always wore and his
behavior when he hurled
his attack.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

6. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
WHO MARCO PANTANI WAS?
Fact
HE WAS A ROAD BICYCLE RACER, STAGE RACE
Widely considered the
best climber of his era.
Physical features, height
1.72 M, Weight 72 KG,
high ratio Power-Weight.
He was also known as
“The Pirate” due to
“Bandana” and Earrings
he always wore and his
behavior when he hurled
his attack.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

7. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
Outline
1 LIFE
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
2 HIS CAREER
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
3 THE END...
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

8. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
ORIGINS AND CHILDHOOD
He was born in Cesena in 13 January 1970.
Son of Ferdinando an Tonina, owner of a Piadina Shop, on the
seafront of Cesenatico, where Marco grew.
Stared his studies as a normal student with not brilliants
results.
He was passionated of hunting and fishing that practiced with
his father and grandfather.
Started his sport life as a football player but with poor results.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

9. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
ORIGINS AND CHILDHOOD
He was born in Cesena in 13 January 1970.
Son of Ferdinando an Tonina, owner of a Piadina Shop, on the
seafront of Cesenatico, where Marco grew.
Stared his studies as a normal student with not brilliants
results.
He was passionated of hunting and fishing that practiced with
his father and grandfather.
Started his sport life as a football player but with poor results.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

10. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
ORIGINS AND CHILDHOOD
He was born in Cesena in 13 January 1970.
Son of Ferdinando an Tonina, owner of a Piadina Shop, on the
seafront of Cesenatico, where Marco grew.
Stared his studies as a normal student with not brilliants
results.
He was passionated of hunting and fishing that practiced with
his father and grandfather.
Started his sport life as a football player but with poor results.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

11. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
ORIGINS AND CHILDHOOD
He was born in Cesena in 13 January 1970.
Son of Ferdinando an Tonina, owner of a Piadina Shop, on the
seafront of Cesenatico, where Marco grew.
Stared his studies as a normal student with not brilliants
results.
He was passionated of hunting and fishing that practiced with
his father and grandfather.
Started his sport life as a football player but with poor results.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

12. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
ORIGINS AND CHILDHOOD
He was born in Cesena in 13 January 1970.
Son of Ferdinando an Tonina, owner of a Piadina Shop, on the
seafront of Cesenatico, where Marco grew.
Stared his studies as a normal student with not brilliants
results.
He was passionated of hunting and fishing that practiced with
his father and grandfather.
Started his sport life as a football player but with poor results.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

13. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Outline
1 LIFE
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
2 HIS CAREER
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
3 THE END...
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14. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
EARLY LIFE AN AMATEUR VICTORIES
Fact
His sportive life started when is grandfather gifted him a road
bicycle.
When he was eleven he
joined the Fausto Coppi
local cycling club of
Cesenatico.
He finished Third in 1990
and Second in the 1991 to
the Girobio.
Finally he won it in the
1992.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

15. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
EARLY LIFE AN AMATEUR VICTORIES
Fact
His sportive life started when is grandfather gifted him a road
bicycle.
When he was eleven he
joined the Fausto Coppi
local cycling club of
Cesenatico.
He finished Third in 1990
and Second in the 1991 to
the Girobio.
Finally he won it in the
1992.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

16. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
EARLY LIFE AN AMATEUR VICTORIES
Fact
His sportive life started when is grandfather gifted him a road
bicycle.
When he was eleven he
joined the Fausto Coppi
local cycling club of
Cesenatico.
He finished Third in 1990
and Second in the 1991 to
the Girobio.
Finally he won it in the
1992.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

17. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Outline
1 LIFE
CONTEXT
ORIGINS
2 HIS CAREER
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
3 THE END...
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

18. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE EARLY YEARS 1992-1997
He signed in 1992 his first contract whit Carrera
Jeans-Vagabond earning the minimum established as
gregarious of Claudio Chiappucci.
The 1994 the turning point of his career, he won two
prestigious stages at the “Giro di Italia” Lienz-Merano and the
Merano Aprica, finishing second at the overall classification.
In the same year he did the Tour de France, finishing third in
the general classification and won the young rider classification.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

19. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE EARLY YEARS 1992-1997
He signed in 1992 his first contract whit Carrera
Jeans-Vagabond earning the minimum established as
gregarious of Claudio Chiappucci.
The 1994 the turning point of his career, he won two
prestigious stages at the “Giro di Italia” Lienz-Merano and the
Merano Aprica, finishing second at the overall classification.
In the same year he did the Tour de France, finishing third in
the general classification and won the young rider classification.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

20. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE EARLY YEARS 1992-1997
He signed in 1992 his first contract whit Carrera
Jeans-Vagabond earning the minimum established as
gregarious of Claudio Chiappucci.
The 1994 the turning point of his career, he won two
prestigious stages at the “Giro di Italia” Lienz-Merano and the
Merano Aprica, finishing second at the overall classification.
In the same year he did the Tour de France, finishing third in
the general classification and won the young rider classification.
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

21. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE MERANO APRICA 1994
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22. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE INJURIES
”I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE BEATEN BY MY
OPPONENTS INSTEAD OF THE BAD LUCK”
First accident when he was young,
hitting a car when was training.
He was hit by a car while training in
the 1995, he couldn’t start at Giro
d’Italia(Tuor de France won Alpe
d’Huez-Morzine)
He took part to the Giro in 1997, but
he was injured when a black cat caused
an accident in front of him during one
of the first stages(retreat from Giro).
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

23. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE INJURIES
”I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE BEATEN BY MY
OPPONENTS INSTEAD OF THE BAD LUCK”
First accident when he was young,
hitting a car when was training.
He was hit by a car while training in
the 1995, he couldn’t start at Giro
d’Italia(Tuor de France won Alpe
d’Huez-Morzine)
He took part to the Giro in 1997, but
he was injured when a black cat caused
an accident in front of him during one
of the first stages(retreat from Giro).
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

24. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE INJURIES
”I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE BEATEN BY MY
OPPONENTS INSTEAD OF THE BAD LUCK”
First accident when he was young,
hitting a car when was training.
He was hit by a car while training in
the 1995, he couldn’t start at Giro
d’Italia(Tuor de France won Alpe
d’Huez-Morzine)
He took part to the Giro in 1997, but
he was injured when a black cat caused
an accident in front of him during one
of the first stages(retreat from Giro).
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

25. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE CONSECRATION
‘1998 THE COUPLED GIRO-TOUR’
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26. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
ACCUSATION OF DOPING
Madonna di Campiglio 1999, 20-th stage
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27. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE LATE YEARS 2000-2003
After those accuses
Pantani went into a deep
depression from which he
never fully recovered.
He came back to race as
teammate of Stefano
Garzelli in 2000.
Extraordinary proof of
force, Mont Ventoux,
Armstrong.
Last victory, 14-th stage,
Briançon-Courchevel
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

28. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE LATE YEARS 2000-2003
After those accuses
Pantani went into a deep
depression from which he
never fully recovered.
He came back to race as
teammate of Stefano
Garzelli in 2000.
Extraordinary proof of
force, Mont Ventoux,
Armstrong.
Last victory, 14-th stage,
Briançon-Courchevel
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

29. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE LATE YEARS 2000-2003
After those accuses
Pantani went into a deep
depression from which he
never fully recovered.
He came back to race as
teammate of Stefano
Garzelli in 2000.
Extraordinary proof of
force, Mont Ventoux,
Armstrong.
Last victory, 14-th stage,
Briançon-Courchevel
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

30. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
THE BEGIN.....
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
THE LATE YEARS 2000-2003
After those accuses
Pantani went into a deep
depression from which he
never fully recovered.
He came back to race as
teammate of Stefano
Garzelli in 2000.
Extraordinary proof of
force, Mont Ventoux,
Armstrong.
Last victory, 14-th stage,
Briançon-Courchevel
Federico Porcacchia Intensive B1 English Course

31. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
DIE OF A CHAMPION
In the early evening of 14 February 2004 he was found dead at a
hotel in Rimini, autopsy revealed acute cocaine poisoning.
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32. LIFE
HIS CAREER
THE END...
Reference: WIKIPEDIA “The free Encyclopedia”
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