Despite edging towards the half a century mark, Davide Rebellin is not yet prepared to let go of his cycling career and is still notching up victories. Rebellin won the penultimate stage of the 2.1 ranked Tour of Iran on Thursday, beating Italian Nicola Toffali.
Rebellin (Kuwait Cartucho.es) broke free of the main group with Toffali, 22 years his junior, and the pair worked together to build a comfortable cushion ahead of the finale in Tabriz. Toffali remained with Rebellin until close to the end, but the elder of the two came out on top in the run to the line.
"At 30 kilometres to go Toffali and I started, with a good understanding between us in this moment. We managed to maintain the distance from the group and to be able to play our options for victory. It all went to perfection,” Rebellin explained.
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It turns out that the younger Italian is the son of Rebellin's former training partner, Marco Toffali. Rebellin's career has spanned a quarter of a decade, but his victories were blighted when he tested positive for EPO after the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He has continually maintained his innocence.
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