ROME: Former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani, found dead in a hotel room in Italy over the weekend, believed he was being persecuted for his doping record, reports said yesterday.
They only want to punish me, the 34-year-old was reported to have written on note paper found in his Rimini hotel room, La Repubblica newspaper said.
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