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The Memorial Marco Pantani is professional road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna Italy. The race has been organized since 2004 and serves as a memory of Marco Pantani. The race starts in Cesenatico Marco Pantani hometown and follows a route towards his birthplace Cesena. In 2007 the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.After Gilberto Simoni won in 2005 edition of the race he paid tribute to Pantani’s memory by saying: