He overwhelmed and killed Rebellin, and the appeal decided not to proceed

The Court of Appeal of Venice has decided not to proceed against Wolfgang Rieke, the German truck driver who on 30 November 2022 hit and killed the cycling champion Davide Rebellin in Montebello Vicentino (Vicenza), sentenced in the first instance in Vicenza to 4 years in prison for road homicide aggravated by escape.

The judges of Venice had entrusted an expert opinion with the evaluation of his psychophysical capacity to consciously participate in the second degree trial after having been struck by a serious illness. Rieke is now in an elderly care facility in Germany.