Former cycling champion Davide Rebellin, 51, died today in a road accident in the Vicenza area.
Rebellin was riding his bicycle when he was hit and run over by a truck near the Montebello Vicentino motorway junction.
The truck driver would not have noticed the accident, continuing his journey.
Rebellin, from Verona, had won, among other things, an Amstel Gold Race, three editions of the Freccia Vallone, and a stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Silver at the Beijing Games, the medal was later revoked due to a positive doping test.
