A 50-year-old German truck driver was
cited in Germany Friday in the crash death of Italian former
champion cyclist Davide Rebellin earlier this week, Italian
police said after their cooperation on the case with their
German counterparts.
After the accident, which occurred on 30 November, the man went
on the run.
He was cited and remains at large, but not placed under arrest
because the German criminal code does not envisage the crime of
vehicular homicide.
Rebellin was knocked off his bicycle and killed by a truck near
Vicenza on Wednesday.
Rebellin, 51, was riding his bicycle when he was hit and run
over by the lorry, near the motorway junction of Montebello
Vicentino.
The truck driver reportedly did not notice the accident and
continued on his way.
Rebellin, from Verona, had won in his career, among others, an
Amstel Gold Race, three editions of the Fleche Wallonne, and a
stage of the Giro d'Italia.
After getting silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, his
medal was later revoked due to a positive doping test.
Rebellin 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 the
Amstel Gold Race, La Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
He also won stage races such as the Paris-Nice and the
Tirreno-Adriatico
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