Davide Rebellin

Davide Rebellin
	Rebellin at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full name	Davide Rebellin
Nickname	Tintin
Born	9 August 1971; San Bonifacio, Italy
Died	30 November 2022 (aged 51); Montebello Vicentino, Italy
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Team information
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
2021–2022	Work Service–Marchiol–Vega
Major wins
	Grand Tours ; Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1996) Stage races Tirreno–Adriatico (2001) Paris–Nice (2008) One-day races and Classics Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2004) Grand Prix de Suisse (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)
Medal record
Representing Italy
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships

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.

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.

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