Just Like His Cousin Marco

The great but flawed Marco Pantani died of cocaine overdosed triggered by acute depression. He was singled out and prosecuted by the UCI and Italian authorities. Marco, on his day, was poetry in motion.

Zoom to the present time....

Just like his half cousin, the defending champion is going through severe bout of depression. No amount of prozac, lithium and other happy pills can get La Campionissimo out of his hole. One more bad week and he will call it a day, pack his bag and move to a cabin, deep in the jungle. He will live a life of a recluse and grow his beard and hair, and eat wild berries.