Tag Archive for ‘Ivan Basso’
Don Vito Basso
Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in.OK, so Michael Corleone said it, but that’s how I feel these days with these dopey dopers. Now it seems that Ivan Basso says that even though he had planned to blood dope for the 2006 Tour de France, he actually never took [...]
Basso Confesses
So, is this the beginning of the end of doping in cycling?OK, so maybe I’m hoping for too much here, but Giro d’Italia winner Ivan Basso has admitted his part in the Operacion Puerto doping scandal. Last week Basso quit the Discovery Channel team, which he had joined after departing from CSC last fall. Discovery [...]
“He Gone!”
As part of my cable “Extra Inning” In Demand baseball package, I get just about every Major League Baseball game. I’m a lifetime Detroit Tigers fan (I can finally admit as much proudly again), and they’ve already played several games against the Chicago White Sox, who have a very homer-istic, annoying annoucing team. When someone [...]
OBL Plays The Basso Drum
The Discovery Channel team — George, Ivan, Levi and the boys — have been in Austin this week training for the 2007 season. And yes, Our Boy Lance has been going along for the ride(s).So, here’s OBL on Ivan Basso:”I know that he [Basso] wants to win the Tour. I will make available my time [...]
Say What?
What is it about Italian that just doesn’t translate well? According to Johan Bruyneel’s Discovery of the year, Ivan Basso, Oscar Periero is the “moral winner” of the 2006 Tour de France. The Spaniard finished second to Bad Boy Floyd Landis, who is accused doping following his incredible Stage 17 victory. Says somebody translating Basso: [...]
Mr. Right
Wondering how the 2007 inception of Discovery Pro Cycling will perform with all the recent turnover…wondering if they signed the right guy(s) in the off-season? Well this picture by CorVos for Pezcyclingnews.com kind of speaks for itself, as Ivan Basso is already back to training in full Discovery regalia days after his signing. Related Posts:Welcome [...]
Welcome Back Granny…Race 2 Replace, Finished
Well after another prolonged hiatus, Oude Granny is back. So what has Granny been stewing up since his last post? Let’s start with some thoughts on Basso to Discovery. This whole year has been about who might replace LA, not only as the boss of the peloton, but also as the head of Discovery Channel [...]
Basso is the Latest to Join Discovery
It is a sign of the times in cycling that Italy’s Ivan Basso, arguably the world’s top stage racer and the runner-up to Lance Armstrong in the 2005 Tour de France, could sign with Our Boy Lance’s old team, Discovery Channel, without much of a stir.This should be huge news. However, Basso, 28, who won [...]
Is Basso the Latest Discovery?
There isn’t a top rider who, at some time or other, isn’t rumored to be heading to the Discovery Channel team.Only the best, after all, for Our Boy Lance’s mantle, right?Did you really think that Levi Leipheimer was the answer?So, after the silly rumors about Jan Ullrich, and the non-starters surrounding Bad Boy Floyd, it [...]
Match Made In Heaven…
Or possibly in Rachel Ray’s kitchen. C’mon even Oude Granny with my febile and senile mind (not from age necessarily, but from too many of a Piraat. All hail to Belgian Triple Boch Beer!) could’ve put this match together. “You just keep putting ‘em up and I’ll keep knockin’ ‘em down.” For the uninformed, check [...]
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