I had to chance to check out “Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist.” Prior to watching the film, all I knew of The
Pirate was that he was a hell of a climber during the drug addled 90’s, was
labeled as a cheat, and he died young of unnatural causes.
The film was very well made but obviously targeted for a
very limited audience. It was really
cool to hear interviews with his Mom, Greg Lemond, his mentors and other great
riders of that era. The archive footage
of Pantani riding amongst Lance Armstrong, Pedgro Delgado, Miguel Indurain, and
Jan Ulrich were really captivating for me.
I always enjoy the back story as well. This time of the young kid who was smoking
everybody while riding his Mom’s cruiser bike.
Pantani was a great rider, but a troubled man who was caught
up in an unfortunate generation of riders.
The Festina affair and Operation Puerto were included in the films story
line. The film even alludes to the
various conspiracy theories as sports betting on cycling became available
during his professional career as well.
I also had a chance to check out The Dairy Center for thePerforming Arts in Boulder for the first time.
It is a great venue and I will hopefully be returning for “K2: The Siren of the Himalayas” which opens
September 17th.
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