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Full name | Davide Rebellin | ||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Tintin | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
San Bonifacio, Italy |
9 August 1971 ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Kuwait-Cartucho.es | ||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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."