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Italian court concludes that Pantani was setup by the Italian mafia: http://road.cc/content/news/182651-prosecutors-say-camorra-did-fix1999-giro-ditalia-so-marco-pantani-would-lose
I don't think anyone doubts that he was doping, but that was quite possibly the start of his downfall leading to his suicide 5 years later...