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CESENATICO, ITALY: The coffin of Italian cycling champion Marco Pantani is carried out of San Giacomo church in Cesenatico, 18 February 2004 followed by a huge crowd. Pantani died on 14 February 2004 in a residence-hotel in the resort city of Rimini. AFP PHOTO/ Andreas SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLORA/AFP via Getty Images)

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