1. Davide Rebellin was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1992 and 2022 for twelve different teams, taking more than sixty professional wins.
24 Facts About Davide Rebellin
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Davide Rebellin was considered one of the finest classics specialists of his generation with more than fifty top ten finishes in UCI Road World Cup and UCI ProTour classics.
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Davide Rebellin served a two-year suspension for testing positive for Mircera at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Davide Rebellin suffered from asthma, a disease that affected his whole career.
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Davide Rebellin held the lead for six stages and finished the Grand Tour sixth overall.
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In 2005, Davide Rebellin fell short of his triumphs of 2004, but posted yet another solid year.
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Davide Rebellin later finished second in Amstel Gold Race and won the Fleche Wallonne, which made him the oldest ever winner of an UCI ProTour race.
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Davide Rebellin finished second in the UCI ProTour behind Cadel Evans.
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Davide Rebellin won the stage race by three seconds, ahead of Rinaldo Nocentini.
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Davide Rebellin finished second in the men's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing having been part of a six-man breakaway group, but his silver medal was revoked in light of his doping sentence by the International Olympic Committee.
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On 16 August 2011, Davide Rebellin took his first victory after returning from his doping suspension, winning Tre Valli Varesine four seconds ahead of Domenico Pozzovivo.
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On 28 April 2015, at 43 years old, Davide Rebellin won the queen stage of the Tour of Turkey, a mountaintop finish concluding in Elmali.
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Davide Rebellin beat riders twenty years younger than him to accomplish this feat.
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Davide Rebellin had to abandon on the last stage since he crashed after hitting a dog.
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Davide Rebellin rode for the team up to February 2019, when his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
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Davide Rebellin finished his supposed last race in 18th place, almost five minutes behind new Italian champion Davide Formolo.
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One day later, Davide Rebellin announced that he would continue his career.
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On 8 December 2020, Davide Rebellin announced that he would continue for a record 29th season in professional racing, initially signing with the Cambodia Cycling Academy team for 2021.
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Davide Rebellin remained with the team into the 2022 season, which he stated would be his last professional season in a January interview with Spanish publication Marca.
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Davide Rebellin was hit by a truck and killed while out on a training ride on 30 November 2022, at the age of 51.
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Davide Rebellin had earlier been charged with fleeing the scene of an accident in Southern Italy in 2001 as well as for driving under the influence in 2014.
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Davide Rebellin was eventually sentenced to four years in prison.
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The next day, on 29 April 2009, the Italian Olympic committee confirmed that Davide Rebellin was an involved athlete.
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Davide Rebellin's agent sent a request for the analysis of the B sample which was later confirmed to be positive.