from cyclingnews.com "Marco was more than a cyclist, he was a person along the lines of other famous people like Jim Morisson, with a heightened sensitivity, withdrawn in their own worlds rather than facing a reality which didn't appeal to them," Cipollini explained. "And the public understood this."
"When he died he took his secrets with him, and it's best that way, but in his death he showed us that for him cycling was everything," Cipollini said. "Basically he gave his life to it. Now it's up to us to give him back his dignity as a man and as an athlete, and transform his disgrace into something positive for cycling."
"Jim Flom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Rs87c.229834$A12.37730@edtnps84...
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"Dave" wrote ...
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a great Cipo quote >
That was about the classiest eulogy of the man anyone could have imagined.
It sounds like Pantani's death has really rattled Cipo. During Tirreno, he described how fans weere standing by the side of the road shouting 'forza pantani!", and he seemed to find that rather upsetting. I think I would. Imagine what the Giro will be like!
