Tag Archive for ‘Ivan Basso’
2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge to be Broadcast to Fans Around the World Through International Broadcast Rights Agreement
Inaugural Race to be Broadcast in 161 Countries and Territories Worldwide Colorado Springs – The inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge will be televised live to fans around the world through international broadcast partnerships with Eurosport, SuperSport and Premier Media Group. Beginning with the start in Colorado Springs on Aug. 22 and concluding in Denver on [...]
Ale-Jet Navigates Severe Ground Traffic – 97th Tour de France, Stage 1
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) was both lucky and good in winning Sunday’s crash marred Stage 1 of the 97th Tour de France. The beneficiary of three crashes in the final three kilometers that coincidentally took out three of his main competitors, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), Oscar Freire (Rabobank), and finally Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin-Transitions), Petacchi successfully [...]
Truth for Larsson, Redemption for Basso – 93rd Giro d’Italia, Stage 21
In fair Verona is where we set our scene. But what should have been a tale of two households, turned out to encompass only one. The Italian Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) was eventually pardoned, while others were simply punished after a monstrous three weeks. Team Saxo Bank’s Gustav Larsson provided the heroics in the 93rd Giro [...]
Tschopp Tops – 93rd Giro d’Italia, Stage 20
A day after Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) wrestled the overall lead from David Arroyo (Caisse d’Epargne), similar fireworks were once again expected on a stage which featured the legendary climb, the Passo di Gavia. But little known Swiss rider, Johann Tschopp (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) quite literally stole the show as he soloed to victory at the [...]
Scarponi Heads Italian Podium, Basso Climbs Into Lead – 93rd Giro d’Italia, Stage 19
Few occasions in sports, as in life, rarely match their expectations. The big game fizzles or the big fight ends up being one-sided. Stage 19 of the 93rd Giro d’Italia was certainly not one of those occasions. Sitting 2:27 in arrears from David Arroyo’s (Caisse d’Epargne) maglia rosa, Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo), along with teammate Vincenzo [...]
Basso, Climbing Like Its 2006 – 93rd Giro d’Italia, Stage 15
It had been some time since we last saw Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) on form and winning at the Giro d’Italia. Four years ago, prior to Operacion Puerto, the releasing of the coded name “Brillo,” and a two-year ban for “attempted doping,” Basso dominated the Giro in uncanny fashion; taking the overall by more than 9 [...]
Nibali Solos, Arroyo Takes Lead – 93rd Giro d’Italia, Stage 14
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo), a last minute selection to Liquigas-Doimo’s Giro squad, soloed to victory on Stage 14, which featured a climb up Monte Grappa. Teammate, Ivan Basso, trailed in second, while Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli) rounded out the day’s podium. Results – Stage 14 1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2. Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 3. [...]
Basso Bashing
In a press conference before the start of the first stage of the Giro d’Italia, UCI president Pat McQuaid did not mince words when he addressed the topic of Ivan Basso and his admission to involvement in the Operación Puerto doping affair. McQuaid made it clear that he has no sympathy for Basso, and will [...]
It’s Always Lance’s Fault
Two more stories worth your time: Phil Hersh, the long-time Olympics writer of the Chicago Tribune, has a guilt-by-association column on Lance Armstrong. He concludes that Ivan Basso + Tyler Hamilton + Floyd Landis = Our Boy Lance. Hersh allows Armstrong to point out that the French sports daily L’Equipe “is nothing more than a [...]
Has The Rubber Band Snapped?
Remember the first couple of lines of the Grease song, Greased Lightning (c’mon I know most of you just broke out into song)? Need some prompting…Why this car is automaticIt’s systematic Systematic…ah there’s the rub. It was the first word that crossed my mind when I thought about the recent doping scandals. With an almost [...]
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