Samuel Abt: Tour Champion Evokes Bygone Heroes in Italy. In: Sports. International Herald Tribune, 4. August 1998, archiviert vom Original am 20. Februar 2008; abgerufen am 19. Juli 2008: „... bad luck struck him again in the Giro in June 1997, when a black cat – yes, really – crossed the road and caused a mass crash of riders trying to swerve around it. Pantani went down and was out until the Tour a month later.“
Samuel Abt: Tour Champion Evokes Bygone Heroes in Italy. In: Sports. International Herald Tribune, 4. August 1998, archiviert vom Original am 20. Februar 2008; abgerufen am 19. Juli 2008: „... bad luck struck him again in the Giro in June 1997, when a black cat – yes, really – crossed the road and caused a mass crash of riders trying to swerve around it. Pantani went down and was out until the Tour a month later.“