https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italian cycling star Vincenzo Nibali admitted his guilt on Sunday nearly six weeks after being thrown off Spain's Vuelta for cheating by holding on to his Astana team's car. https://www.thelocal.it/20151005/italys-nibali-admits-hitching-a-lift-in-spain-tour Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:30:57 +0200 italys-nibali-admits-hitching-a-lift-in-spain-tour Italy is not renowned for its lawful drivers, but what about its cyclists? One bike rider has learnt the hard way after his rule-bending left him with a whopping €482 fine. https://www.thelocal.it/20150804/cyclist-fined-482-in-city-crackdown Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:40:51 +0200 cyclist-fined-482-in-city-crackdown Cesena fans put aside their Seria A club's struggles to pay tribute to Marco Pantani on Sunday with banners wishing the Italian cycling great a posthumous happy birthday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150119/serie-a-fans-tribute-to-cycling-great-pantani Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:22:32 +0100 serie-a-fans-tribute-to-cycling-great-pantani Nothing has emerged in the latest investigation into the death of Italian cycling star Marco Pantani to indicate he was murdered, the public prosecutor in Rimini said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141205/no-evidence-pantani-was-murdered-prosecutor Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:10:51 +0100 no-evidence-pantani-was-murdered-prosecutor Marco Pantani may have accidentally committed suicide after voluntarily ingesting a "mixture of medicinal drugs and cocaine", a leading forensic scientist commissioned to reinvestigate the legendary Italian cyclist's death has claimed. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/pantani-death-self-destruction-not-murder-report Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:58:00 +0100 pantani-death-self-destruction-not-murder-report Police officers involved in investigating the death of top Italian cyclist Marco Pantani have threatened to start defamation proceedings following a spate of new press reports questioning their professionalism, it emerged on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/pantani-probe-officers-threaten-to-sue Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:43:35 +0100 pantani-probe-officers-threaten-to-sue Evidence collected during the autopsy of Marco Pantani has been destroyed, an investigation into the death of the celebrated Italian cyclist has found. https://www.thelocal.it/20141104/evidence-destroyed-from-pantani-autopsy Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:54:00 +0100 evidence-destroyed-from-pantani-autopsy Former Tour of Italy winner Damiano Cunego was among 28 people connected to the Lampre team charged with doping-related offences, the Padua prosecutor's office said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130719/italian-cyclist-charged-with-doping Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:06:00 +0200 italian-cyclist-charged-with-doping