REBELLIN HANGS ON, SANCHEZ TAKES THE STAGE

Paris-Nice 2008 final stage
(Image credit: LUC CLAESSEN)

Fortunately for Davide Rebellin, history did not repeat itself.

Last year the Italian was put under unrelenting pressure by the Discovery Channel squad, which eventually forced him to concede his slim six-second advantage to Alberto Contador on the final stage.

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REBELLIN AT PARIS-NICE2008 ? 1st2007 ? 2nd2005 ? 10th2004 ? 2nd2003 ? 3rd
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PARIS-NICE: STAGE SEVEN
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PARIS-NICE: OVERALL

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.