Rebellin wins Fleche Wallonne classic

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

HUY, Belgium (AFP) — Italy's Davide Rebellin, riding for the Gerolsteiner team, won the Fleche Wallonne one-day classic for the second time here on Wednesday.

The 2004 titleholder easily accounted for the last two winners of the ProTour event, Spain's Alejandro Valverde and fellow Italian Danilo Di Luca who came in six seconds adrift.

In the final 200m Rebellin sprinted past German Matthias Kessler, who had led over the third and final climb at Huy to eventually take fourth.

A trio of riders - Joaquim Rodriguez, Di Luca and Valverde - had taken the race by the scruff of the neck 10 kilometres from the end, only to be caught two kilometres from the 202.5km finish.

Rebellin reflected: "I wanted to leave everything to the (final) climb. If the peloton...