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Davide Rebellin

Davide Rebellin
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Personal information
Full name Davide Rebellin
Nickname Tintin
Born (1971-08-09) 9 August 1971 (age 45)
San Bonifacio, Italy
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Team information
Current team Kuwait-Cartucho.es
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
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
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1996)

Stage races

Tirreno–Adriatico (2001)
Paris–Nice (2008)
Tour Méditerranéen (1999, 2001)

One-day races and Classics

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2004)
Züri-Metzgete (1997)
Clásica de San Sebastián (1997)
Amstel Gold Race (2004)
La Flèche Wallonne (2004, 2007, 2009)
Tre Valli Varesine (1998, 2011)
Rund um den Henninger Turm (2003)
Giro dell'Emilia (2006, 2014)

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

Davide Rebellin (born 9 August 1971 in San Bonifacio, province of Verona) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for Kuwait-Cartucho.es. He is 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.

Rebellin is 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 has also won stage races such as Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico, and a stage in the Giro d'Italia.

Rebellin served a 2-year suspension for testing positive for Mircera at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Rebellin turned professional in 1992 and came to the attention of the cycling world with a string of strong performances during his early years. He suffers from asthma, a disease that will affect his whole career. In 1996 he gained further notice when he thrived in the 1996 Giro d'Italia. Riding for Polti, the young Italian took stage seven and with it the maglia rosa. He held the leader's jersey for six days and finished the Grand Tour sixth overall. Years later he said of the race, "I have won Classics, but the first important win was in the 1996 Giro, winning the maglia rosa with the stage."


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