Yesterdat Italy lost one of his idols.
He was just 34 and he felt in that sad tunnel called depression, he didn't get through.
Some years ago, after the Madonna di Campiglio facts, the whole italian press was against him and now that he's dead pages and pages of italian press are for him. I call it hypocrisy, but it wasn't avoidable.
When I was a ten years old guy I had two idols: Franco Baresi and Marco Pantani, the first about football, the second about cycling. He gave Italy good reasons to dream in 1998 when he won the "Giro d'Italia" and the "Tour de France" and I think no one else will give us that emotions.

ADDIO PIRATA, GRAZIE DI TUTTO, SARAI SEMPRE NEI NOSTRI CUORI
(Goodbye Pirate, thanks for all, you'll be always in our hearts)