Andalucía deny deal with Rebellin

Davide Rebellin in action during the 2008 Olympic road race.

Davide Rebellin in action during the 2008 Olympic road race. (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Spanish professional continental team Andalucía-Caja Granada have denied reports that have appeared in the Spanish press stating that they have signed Davide Rebellin. The team’s management have admitted they have had talks with the veteran Italian, whose two-year ban for taking the banned blood booster CERA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics ends on April 27.

Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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