Berlin: Capital Motion Picture Takes Cycling Biopic ‘The Pantani Affair’ for North America

France's Factoris Films also picked up rights to the Italian drama, about legendary cyclist Marco Pantani.

traces the last five years in Pantani’s life, focusing on the events surrounding a doping scandal during the 1999 Giro d’Italia cycling race and Pantani’s decline until his death in 2004.

Pantani was considered one of the greatest cyclists of all time and won both the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia in the same year . Although he never tested positive, Pantani’s career was beset by doping allegations, and he was expelled from the 1999 Giro d’Italia after a test showed up irregular blood values, allegedly due to the use of the banned substance EPO.

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