Italian Marco Pantani, the 1998 winner of the Tour DE France, pulled out of the cycling contest on Tuesday evening with health problems, a French radio station said.

据一家法国电台报道，意大利著名自行车手，98年环法自行车赛冠军潘塔尼在周二晚上由于健康原因不得不退出本届车赛。

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Marco Pantani, who previously used banned drugs, was excluded, as was the Saeco team, whose leader is Laurent Dufaux, the former Festina rider.

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Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, Marco Pantani, and Joseba Beloki look on from a distance, bewildered that after training all their lives they continually stand in your shadow.

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