Pro Cycling Champ Davide Rebellin Dead At 51 In Italy Hit-And-Run

VENICE, IT. (THECOUNT) — Davide Rebellin hit-and-run Venice: Davide Rebellin, former Italian cycling champion, has died at the age of 51 after a hit-and-run collision involving a truck in northern Italy.

Rebellin died instantly in a collision with a large truck that then fled the scene. He was on a training ride near Montebello Vicentino when he was hit by a “heavy truck” that was exiting a nearby motorway junction.

One of the greatest classic racers of his generation, Rebellin won seven of cycling’s major one-day races.

In 2004, he became the first rider to dominate the high register of the Ardennes Classics of Liege, Bastogne, Liege, Flèche Walloon and Amstel Gold.

He also won the Fresh in 2007 and 2009 and also won the San Sebastian and Zurich Classics in 1997.

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Geo quick facts: Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs.

Montebello Vicentino is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is west of the SP31 provincial road – wikipedia.