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Ewoud Dronkert

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Michel Zanoli died from a heart arrest Monday 29 December. He was 35 years old. The retired
professional, who was battling psychological problems for some time already, won gold in 1986 in the
world championship junior road race. One year earlier he won bronze in the WC team time trial.
Zanoli started his professional cycling career in 1989 with team ADR. After that he rode for Tulip
and Motorola, among others. He was fired from Motorola in 1992 for a fist fight he had with Davis
Phinney in the USA. It was the opinion of our countryman that the American tried to drive him off
the road. Zanoli had 13 career wins.

**Michel Zanoli is maandag 29 december aan de gevolgen van een hartstilstand overleden.Hij
werd 35 jaar.

De voormalig prof,die al enige tijd met psychische problemen kampte,won in 1986 goud op de WK op
de weg voor junioren. Een jaar eerder had hij op de WK brons veroverd in de ploegentijdrit.

Zanoli begon zijn profcarrière in 1989 bij de ADR-ploeg.Daarna kwam hij onder andere uit voor
Tulip en Motorola.Bij Motorola kreeg hij in 1992 zijn ontslag omdat hij in de VS op de vuist ging
met Davis Phinney.Onze landgenoot was van mening dat de Amerikaan hem van de weg probeerde te
rijden.Zanoli boekte in zijn profloopbaan 13 overwinningen.

Ewoud Dronkert

From the book "100 Jaar wegrenners -- Nederlandse beroepsrenners en hun prestaties" (100 years road
cyclists -- Dutch professional cyclists and their accomplishments), the page about Michel Zanoli,
born January 10, 1968, died December 29, 2003.

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~dronkert/cycling/zanoli.jpg (100 KB)

Carl Sundquist

"Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> From http://teletekst.nos.nl/tekst/648-01.html
>
> Michel Zanoli died from a heart arrest Monday 29 December. He was 35 years old. The retired
> professional, who was battling psychological problems for some time already, won gold in 1986 in
> the world championship junior road race. One year earlier he won bronze in the WC team time trial.
> Zanoli started his professional cycling career in 1989 with team ADR. After that he rode for Tulip
> and Motorola, among others. He was fired from Motorola in 1992 for a fist fight he had with Davis
> Phinney in the USA. It was the opinion of our countryman that the American tried to drive him off
> the road. Zanoli had 13 career wins.
>

This one creeps me out, probably because we were contemporaries and I've had some heart
irregularities similar to what Legate described a few months ago.

What a tragic ending to a tragic life.

RIP.

Tom Kunich

Zanoli was really laid back and a great racre. And then started to act really strange. It looked to
me exactly like "roid rage" and I figured him for using steroids. But perhaps it was the initiation
of mental instabilities which often start showing up around that age.

May he rest in peace.

"Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:3ff708dd$0$190$1b62eedf@news.wanadoo.nl...
> From http://teletekst.nos.nl/tekst/648-01.html
>
> Michel Zanoli died from a heart arrest Monday 29 December. He was 35 years old. The retired
> professional, who was battling psychological problems for some time already, won gold in 1986 in
> the world championship junior road race. One year earlier he won bronze in the
WC
> team time trial. Zanoli started his professional cycling career in
1989
> with team ADR. After that he rode for Tulip and Motorola, among
others.
> He was fired from Motorola in 1992 for a fist fight he had with
Davis
> Phinney in the USA. It was the opinion of our countryman that the American tried to drive him off
> the road. Zanoli had 13 career wins.
>
>
> **Michel Zanoli is maandag 29 december aan de gevolgen van een hartstilstand overleden.Hij werd
> 35 jaar.
>
> De voormalig prof,die al enige tijd met psychische problemen kampte,won in 1986 goud op de WK op
> de weg voor junioren. Een jaar eerder had hij op de WK brons veroverd in de ploegentijdrit.
>
> Zanoli begon zijn profcarrière in 1989 bij de ADR-ploeg.Daarna kwam hij onder andere uit voor
> Tulip en Motorola.Bij Motorola kreeg hij in 1992 zijn ontslag omdat hij in de VS op de vuist
> ging met Davis Phinney.Onze landgenoot was van mening dat de Amerikaan hem van de weg probeerde
> te rijden.Zanoli boekte in zijn profloopbaan 13 overwinningen.

Hold My Beer An

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message

> This one creeps me out, probably because we were contemporaries and I've
had some heart
> irregularities similar to what Legate described a few months ago.
>

Yeah, but did you ever get to punch davis phinney in the face?

Phil Holman

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> "Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:3ff708dd$0$190$1b62eedf@news.wanadoo.nl...
> > From http://teletekst.nos.nl/tekst/648-01.html
> >
> > Michel Zanoli died from a heart arrest Monday 29 December. He was 35 years old. The retired
> > professional, who was battling psychological problems for some time already, won gold in 1986 in
> > the world championship junior road race. One year earlier he won bronze in the
WC
> > team time trial. Zanoli started his professional cycling career in
1989
> > with team ADR. After that he rode for Tulip and Motorola, among
others.
> > He was fired from Motorola in 1992 for a fist fight he had with
Davis
> > Phinney in the USA. It was the opinion of our countryman that the American tried to drive him
> > off the road. Zanoli had 13 career wins.
> >
>
> This one creeps me out, probably because we were contemporaries and
I've had some heart
> irregularities similar to what Legate described a few months ago.
>
What, MVP or irregular HR?

Phil Holman

Carl Sundquist

"Tom Kunich" <tkunich@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:nCIJb.35336$Pg1.336@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Zanoli was really laid back and a great racre. And then started to act really strange. It looked
> to me exactly like "roid rage" and I figured him for using steroids. But perhaps it was the
> initiation of mental instabilities which often start showing up around that age.
>

What age is that? The guy was probably 24 years old when he made Phinney cry to the TV camera.

Kolo Iinet . Ne

If the stats are right : Michel Zanoli (Nl) 6ft 7.5ins (1m97) 200lbs (91kg) Bernd Groene (G) 6ft
7ins (1m96) 191lbs (87kg) Marcel Sieberg (G) 6ft 4 3/4 (1m95) 163lbs (74kg) Mario Scirea (I) 6ft
4.4ins (1m94) 178lbs (81kg) Jan Valach (Svk) 6ft 4.4ins (1m94) 172lbs (78kg) Magnus Backstedt (S)
6ft 4ins(1m93) 198lbs (90kg) Remig Stumpf (G) 6ft 4ins (1m93) 191lbs (87kg) Eros Poli (I) 6ft 4ins
(1m93) 189lbs (86kg) Ed. Van Hooydonck (B) 6ft 4ins (1m93) 174lbs (79kg) Tom Leaper (Aus) 6ft 4ins
(1m93) 172lbs (78kg) Jerome Neuville (F) 6ft 3.5ins (1m92) 187lbs (85kg) Patrick Eyk (Nl) 6ft 3.5ins
(1m92) 183lbs (83kg) Tom Boonen (B) 6ft 3.5ins (1m92) 176lbs (80kg) Dave Mann (GB) 6ft 3ins (1m91)
190lbs (86.3kg) George Hincapie (USA) 6ft 3ins (1m91) 169lbs (77kg)

Carl Sundquist wrote:
> "Tom Kunich" <tkunich@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>Zanoli was really laid back and a great racre. And then started to act really strange. It looked
>>to me exactly like "roid rage" and I figured him for using steroids. But perhaps it was the
>>initiation of mental instabilities which often start showing up around that age.
>>
>
>
> What age is that? The guy was probably 24 years old when he made Phinney cry to the TV camera.

Carl Sundquist

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Carl Sundquist

"Phil Holman" <philjud@earthlink.not> wrote in message
> >
> > This one creeps me out, probably because we were contemporaries and
> I've had some heart
> > irregularities similar to what Legate described a few months ago.
> >
> What, MVP or irregular HR?
>
> Phil Holman
>
>

What Kyle wrote would seem to describe my symptoms as well:

I have a mitral valve prolapse, which causes noticeable arrhythmia. Cycling hard never bothered it,
the harder I rode the more even the heartbeat. So say me and all the medical tests. However, the
decrease in resting heart rate could cause a problem. I had a girlfriend once nearly freak out
because I was in great shape with a low RHR, and the prolapse caused a beat (or 2) to be skipped.
Since she was leaning against my chest she noticed when my heart had not beat for several seconds. I
was just falling asleep too, it would beat when it was ready. But maybe for some young cyclists with
arrhythmia it stops beating and decides to never beat again.

Jeff Jones

"Tom Kunich" <tkunich@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<nCIJb.35336$Pg1.336@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> Zanoli was really laid back and a great racre. And then started to act really strange. It looked
> to me exactly like "roid rage" and I figured him for using steroids. But perhaps it was the
> initiation of mental instabilities which often start showing up around that age.
>
According to guys who raced with him and knew him quite well, Zanoli didn't do drugs. May he R.I.P.

Jeff

Hold My Beer An

"Jeff Jones" <jeff@cyclingnews.com> wrote in message

> According to guys who raced with him and knew him quite well, Zanoli didn't do drugs. May
> he R.I.P.
>
> Jeff

Yeah, and that's what everyone says about people who they know who get caught doing drugs.

I don't wish to speak ill of the dead, but things look awfully fishy here: 35 year old male, former
top-level professional cyclist, dies of a cardiac episode. Now, maybe he had a pre-existing
condition, and maybe he was taking drugs for his other issues that may have influenced things, but
it still looks fishy. At this point, however, only those who have access to the unredacted autopsy
report (if there is one) will know for sure.

At any rate, may the big man rest in peace.

Steven L. Sheff

On 01/03/2004 01:23 PM, in article vve9828cgnce4e@corp.supernews.com, "Carl
Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote:

>
> "Ewoud Dronkert" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:3ff708dd$0$190$1b62eedf@news.wanadoo.nl...
>> From http://teletekst.nos.nl/tekst/648-01.html
>>
>> Michel Zanoli died from a heart arrest Monday 29 December. He was 35 years old. The retired
>> professional, who was battling psychological problems for some time already, won gold in 1986 in
>> the world championship junior road race. One year earlier he won bronze in the WC team time
>> trial. Zanoli started his professional cycling career in 1989 with team ADR. After that he rode
>> for Tulip and Motorola, among others. He was fired from Motorola in 1992 for a fist fight he had
>> with Davis Phinney in the USA. It was the opinion of our countryman that the American tried to
>> drive him off the road. Zanoli had 13 career wins.
>>
>
> This one creeps me out, probably because we were contemporaries and I've had some heart
> irregularities similar to what Legate described a few months ago.
>
> What a tragic ending to a tragic life.

Of course, Zanoli went down big after getting fired from Motorola ... He spent time in jail for
transporting narcotics ... He got roped in by his dealer because he couldn't afford to keep
paying for them.

I'm speculating, but it would not surprise me in the least if this was heart arrest due to an
accidental (or intentional) overdose.

What ever happened to the bag of white powder found in Jose Maria Jimenez room? Was it in fact an
illegal substance, and was there any medical indication that his "heart attack" was an overdose?

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Karlwithak

Just cause he died does not make it cool that he punched Davis in the face during a field sprint,
what a pussy, He could not protect Phil Anderson's wheel from Davis without a fist to the face and
he is 6'7" 200lbs !!

jeff@cyclingnews.com (Jeff Jones) wrote in message
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> "Tom Kunich" <tkunich@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:<nCIJb.35336$Pg1.336@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> > Zanoli was really laid back and a great racre. And then started to act really strange. It looked
> > to me exactly like "roid rage" and I figured him for using steroids. But perhaps it was the
> > initiation of mental instabilities which often start showing up around that age.
> >
> According to guys who raced with him and knew him quite well, Zanoli didn't do drugs. May
> he R.I.P.
>
> Jeff

Kurgan Gringion

Carl Sundquist

"karlwithak" <karlwithak@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just cause he died does not make it cool that he punched Davis in the face during a field sprint,
> what a pussy, He could not protect Phil Anderson's wheel from Davis without a fist to the face and
> he is 6'7" 200lbs !!
>

No one said Zanoli was cool for doing that any more than anyone thinks Bljilevens was cool for
hitting Julich on the Champs Elysees a few years ago, or any other of the thousands of time when one
rider has hit another. What made the Zanoli/Phinney incident notorious was that after the fact
Phinney had to run over to where Lemond was on TV and tell everyone via TV that Zanoli hit him.

Hold My Beer An

"Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox-internet.com> wrote in message

> No one said Zanoli was cool for doing that any more than anyone thinks
Bljilevens was cool
> for hitting Julich on the Champs Elysees a few years ago, or any other of
the thousands of
> time when one rider has hit another. What made the Zanoli/Phinney incident
notorious was
> that after the fact Phinney had to run over to where Lemond was on TV and
tell everyone
> via TV that Zanoli hit him.
>

Yeah, and Phinney happens to be in the relatively exclusive crowd of people

a chance to bleep it.

Probably the only thing him and Slash have in common.

Davey Crockett

Ewoud Dronkert <me@privacy.net> writes:

> From http://teletekst.nos.nl/tekst/648-01.html
>
> Michel Zanoli died from a heart arrest Monday 29 December. He was 35 years old. The retired
> professional, who was battling psychological problems for some time already, won gold in 1986 in
> the world championship junior road race. One year earlier he won bronze in the WC team time trial.
> Zanoli started his professional cycling career in 1989 with team ADR. After that he rode for Tulip
> and Motorola, among others. He was fired from Motorola in 1992 for a fist fight he had with Davis
> Phinney in the USA. It was the opinion of our countryman that the American tried to drive him off
> the road. Zanoli had 13 career wins.
>
>
> **Michel Zanoli is maandag 29 december aan de gevolgen van een hartstilstand overleden.Hij werd
> 35 jaar.
>
> De voormalig prof,die al enige tijd met psychische problemen kampte,won in 1986 goud op de WK op
> de weg voor junioren. Een jaar eerder had hij op de WK brons veroverd in de ploegentijdrit.
>
> Zanoli begon zijn profcarrière in 1989 bij de ADR-ploeg.Daarna kwam hij onder andere uit voor
> Tulip en Motorola.Bij Motorola kreeg hij in 1992 zijn ontslag omdat hij in de VS op de vuist
> ging met Davis Phinney.Onze landgenoot was van mening dat de Amerikaan hem van de weg probeerde
> te rijden.Zanoli boekte in zijn profloopbaan 13 overwinningen.
>
The guy was a thug and a bully and a crook.

He'll be missed by nobody

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Davide Tosi

Ewoud Dronkert <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> From http://teletekst.nos.nl/tekst/648-01.html
>
>Michel Zanoli died from a heart arrest Monday 29 December. He was 35 years old. The retired
>professional, who was battling psychological problems for some time already, won gold in 1986 in
>the world championship junior road race. One year earlier he won bronze in the WC team time trial.
>Zanoli started his professional cycling career in 1989 with team ADR. After that he rode for Tulip
>and Motorola, among others. He was fired from Motorola in 1992 for a fist fight he had with Davis
>Phinney in the USA. It was the opinion of our countryman that the American tried to drive him off
>the road. Zanoli had 13 career wins.

Zanoli is a Lombard family name. Do you know which was his family's heritage?

Ewoud Dronkert

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:58:28 GMT, Davey Crockett wrote:
> The guy was a thug and a bully and a crook. He'll be missed by nobody

And you're an asshole for posting this. He will be missed by his family and friends.

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