Marco Pantani's 1998 Mercatone Uno Bianchi

This bike has been discussed on a number of forums and general opinion is that this isn't Pantani's actual bike, but a replica made by Bianchi as a bit of promo. There are some details that identify it as a 1999 bike, like the carbon Record levers
 
Fred Williams Cycles in Wolverhampton allegedly had the actual Pantani bike on display some years ago - certainly it looked suitably race-worn, had alloy not carbon Ergos, and from memory the L/H one might have been gutted to give a brake-only lever with down-tube shifting (classic old-school weight saving!).

David
 
Back
Top