Marco Pantani died of a heart attack

The most likely cause of the death of the famous Italian bicycle worker Marco Pantani is considered to be a cardiac arrest, not suicide, as previously expected, reports the Air Force . Marco Pantani died on February 14 by one of the hotels in the city of Rimini . In his room, the police found sedatives.

“No one is talking about suicide now,” said Paolo Jengarelli, prosecutor Rimini. “I also exclude this option.” According to Jengarelli, the autopsy, which will be carried out on Monday, will help restore the picture of the last 34-year-old Pantani. The prosecutor also added that the athlete over the past five days before his death practically did not leave his room at the hotel where he was.

The coroner Francesco Tony, who examined the body of the bike lover, also adheres to the version that Pantani had problems with the heart, but their reason has not yet been established.

In 1998, Pantani, who received the nickname Pirate, managed to win two prestigious water days - Tour de France and Giro D'Talia, but then his career was declining, largely due to the fact that he was convicted of doping. In 2001, the police found a syringe with insulin in Pantani, after which he was disqualified for six months. Subsequently, the Italian was justified, but he could no longer return to the previous level.

Last summer, Pantani was placed in the clinic, where he was treated for depression. The last pirate race was Giro D'Talia in the summer of 2003, on which he finished the 14th.

The history of the recent years of the life of the legendary racer publishes on his pages'foreigners' .

The tragic death of Pantani was far from the first in the history of cycling. Literally two days before, the Belgian Johan Germon died in a dream, and last year the Frenchman Fabris Salanson and Spaniard Jose Maria Jimenez died from a heart attack.