The Foundation Marco Pantani in 2008, has engaged in:

* Support and assistance to the Foundation “The New Family Onlus” of Cesenatico.
It is a body that since 1997, deals with the construction of facilities for persons disabled, so to guarantee them a future home, when elderly parents will no longer be able to look after. Marco Pantani was the main financier of their activities. For the year 2008 was given the sum of € 5000.00.

* Project Beijing 2008. For the year 2008, the Foundation has committed Marco Pantani in support of cycling for disabled people, starting a school for the blind tandem. The tandem rush that tried, unfortunately without success, the qualification the Paralympics in Beijing in 2008 was composed of Patrizia Spadaccini (Ex tricolor on the road, as well as former Italian record on the hour, with already two Olympic gold medals as “Guide” and a world title master) and Milena Rossi (visually impaired athlete) and has still got important wins and placings in national and international competitions.

* Support and assistance to Pantani Corse Forli.
Question of partnership that moves mo ‘cycling school, reserved for boys and girls from 6 to 12 years Participants in the cycling calendar of the category “Juniors”.

* Support for the creation of a team of youth cycling in Vinkovci-Croatia.
It was a clear desire of the sample. To teach the sport of cycling to the very young, so after having supported the Croatian Red Cross in demining of areas close to populated areas, Foundation Marco Pantani sent all the material necessary for the opening of a Pantani Corse in Croatia to encourage the practice of this sport among the young.

* Teaching of cycling in schools.
Since 2008, the Foundation Marco Pantani door cycling in primary schools in Cesenatico with the collaboration of Giuseppe Roncucci teaches the foundations of the sport to children from 6 to 12 years. As a result of this initiative was formed also in Cesenatico a team of youngsters in the name of Marco Pantani.

* Organization of the “2nd Marco Pantani Camp cycling”. A week of activities poly-forms and preparatory discipline, built on fun and recreational purposes, able to collect from July 28 to August 3, 2008, in Cesenatico, with frequent excursions in the area and plant Romagna, young (aged 6 to 12 years ) from four Italian regions. It was an idea and a willingness to Marco that has been a big success.

* Authorization and support for the opening of an additional three youth teams “Pantani Corse”, entities of Italian towns.

Side activities and collaborations in favor of the sport of cycling:

* Organization (1st edition) Gran Fondo Pantanissima. The first Gran Fondo made directly from ASD Friends of Marco Pantani in collaboration with the Foundation Marco Pantani with the dual purpose of keeping alive the memory of Marco Pantani and to collect funds for social activities related to youth cycling and cycling for the disabled.

* Constitution of Amateur Cycling Group “Friends of Marco Pantani.” The G. C. Friends of Marco Pantani has included in his first year as many as 40 athletes who have played amateur activity nationwide. The athletes enrolled in the group come from many different Italian regions (Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, etc …)

* Collaboration with the organization of the “Memorial Pantani” for professionals. An event of national scope, restricted to professionals in the name of Marco Pantani. The competition, which takes place immediately after the end of the Tour of Italy, has among the players the best cyclists in the world and is also followed by the shooting of RAI (45 minutes dedicated).

* Collaboration with the organization (Gs Alps) of the “4th International Gran Fondo Marco Pantani” Aprica (Sondrio) on 22 June 2008. A major event, and very strong rise, which takes place on the roads of the first large company of Pirate .

* Collaboration with organization of the second “Gran Fondo San Marino – Marco Pantani” June 1, 2008. A non-competitive event took place entirely on the classic route of the routes of the training of the Pirate.

Initiatives of historical and popular:

The intellectual support, witness and industriousness daily, that the Foundation reserves, as always, in the direction of the publications of Marco, such as the release, in February 2008, the book “It was my son” written by mother Tonina Belletti and by journalist Enzo Vicennati, published by Mondadori, and the attention that we pay, with the new management, to the search for truth about the events involving Marco to the extreme, has run addition, this year, the thrust of a particular occasion: the tenth anniversary (1998-2008) of his Giro-Tour double. E ‘born that way on a calendar snapshots of this great enterprise, success, among Italians, only to Coppi and, of course, to Mark. The calendar, beautiful, through 13 photographs that the great Roberto Bettini snapped days giallorosa Pirate, was a great help to give legs to the intervention socio-sports, which was in the will of the Pirate: help athletes with disabilities to bring a dream racing.