Davide Rebellin
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Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1992 and 2022 for twelve different teams, taking more than sixty professional wins. He 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.[4]
Rebellin at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Davide Rebellin | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Tintin | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1971-08-09)9 August 1971 San Bonifacio, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Died | 30 November 2022(2022-11-30) (aged 51) Montebello Vicentino, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
1992–1995 | GB–MG Maglificio | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Team Polti | ||||||||||||||
1997 | Française des Jeux | ||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Team Polti | ||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Liquigas–Pata | ||||||||||||||
2002–2008 | Gerolsteiner | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Diquigiovanni–Androni | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Miche–Guerciotti | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Meridiana–Kamen | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | CCC–Polsat–Polkowice | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Kuwait–Cartucho.es | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Sovac–Natura4Ever | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Meridiana–Kamen[1] | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Work Service–Marchiol–Vega[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Rebellin was best known in the cycling world for his 2004 season, when he won a then unprecedented treble with wins in Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also won stage races such as Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico, and a stage in the Giro d'Italia. Rebellin served a two-year suspension for testing positive for Mircera at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5]