Davide Rebellin being forced to retire with EPowers Team's sudden closure

The Italian is among a number of riders left without a team for 2020

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Italian Davide Rebellin, 48 years old, is being forced into retirement without a team for 2020 after the new EPowers Factory Team failed to materialise.

Rebellin, winner of all three Ardennes Classics in 2004, planned to continue into the following season when he would turn 49 years old with the Hungarian-Italian Professional Continental cycling team on Ridley bikes.

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Gregor Brown