The Marco Pantani Foundation in 2016 is involved in:
* Support and assistance to the Pantani Corse of Forlì.
This is a partnership that moves like a school of cycling, reserved for girls and children aged 6 to 12, participants in the cycling calendar of the “Giovanissimi” category.
* Support and assistance to the Friends Team of Marco Pantani of Cesenatico.
This is a partnership that moves like a school of cycling, reserved for girls and children aged 6 to 12, participants in the cycling calendar of the “Giovanissimi” category.
* Support for the construction of a youth cycling team in Vinkovci-Croatia.
It was a precise desire of the champion. That of teaching the sport of cycling to the very young, so after supporting the Croatian Red Cross in the demining of areas close to the inhabited areas, the Marco Pantani Foundation sent all the material necessary for the opening of a Pantani Corse in Croatia to incentivize the practice of this sport among the very young.
* Teaching of cycling in schools.
Since 2008 the Marco Pantani Foundation has brought cycling to elementary schools in Cesenatico and with the collaboration of Giuseppe Roncucci teaches the foundations of sport for children aged 6 to 12. Following this initiative, a team of young people was also set up in Cesenatico in the name of Marco Pantani.
Collateral activities and collaborations in favor of bicycle sports:
* Organization of the (9th edition) Gran Fondo Pantanissima. The first Gran Fondo realized directly by ASD Amici di Marco Pantani in collaboration with the Marco Pantani Foundation with the dual aim of keeping alive the memory of Marco Pantani and of raising funds to be allocated to social activities related to youth cycling and cycling for the disabled. The third edition of the Pantanissima was a success for participation (almost 1200 starting athletes) and media interest.
* Constitution and assistance of the Amateur Group “Amici di Marco Pantani”. G.C. Friends of Marco Pantani has counted in its first year of activity as many as 40 athletes who have done amateur activities nationwide. The athletes registered in the group come from the most disparate Italian regions (Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, etc …)
* Organization of the yellow night in Cesentaico, an evening dedicated to Marco Pantani, with the aim of raising funds to be allocated for charity.
* Collaboration with the Cultural Historical Exhibition of Cycling in Cesenatico.
* Collaboration with the Teatro delle Albe in the realization of the show on the life of Marco Pantani.
* Authorization and collaboration of the event “Sulle Orme del Pirata”, event of Spinkike in memory of Marco Pantani.
*Authorization and collaboration of the “Pantani day” event organized by the sports group Funtos Bike, a Spinbike event in Omegna VB, 4 hours of pedaling, in memory of Marco Pantani.
* Authorization and collaboration with the photographic exhibition Marco Pantani: Story of a Champion at Massa Lombarda.
* Donation of a defibrillator to Casadei Danze.
* Organization of the Pirate Night charity evening dedicated to Marco Pantani on September 3rd 2017
* Organization of a tender for very young “Pantanissima Srpint” at the municipal stadium M. Moretti of Cesenatico on 3 September 2017