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  Ivan Basso - Wikipedia
Ivan Basso (Gallarate, 26 november 1977) is een Italiaanse wielrenner.
Basso wordt terug in verdenking gesteld van het gebruik of de poging tot gebruik van een verboden substantie of een verboden methode.
Op 15 Juni 2007 werd bekendgemaakt dat Ivan Basso 2 jaar geschorst is.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivan_Basso   (667 words)

  
 Ivan Basso, il terribile del ciclismo
Ivan è giunto a Varese dopo una "sgambata" di circa tre ore, accanto all'ex compagno di squadra Andrea Peron, ritiratosi un paio di stagioni fa.
Ivan Basso, in bici nera e maglia gialla, sarà in prima fila alla Pedalata intorno al Lago di Varese.
Basso: «Condizioni di vita drammatiche, a volte disperate, almeno fino a quando non interviene proprio Intervita.
ivanbasso.splinder.com   (6865 words)

  
  Smith Athletes | bike | Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso is not only the immediate future of cycling, a World Champion, Tour de France podium finisher, and leader of Team CSC but a rider who transcends the tradition of sport.
Despite being the odds—on-favorite to dethrone Lance Armstrong at the Tour de France in 2005, Ivan is an authentic individual whose soft spoken, down to earth demeanor is betrayed only by his fierce competitiveness.
Basso turned up at the 2005 Giro on a mission and was quick to take the leader’s jersey once the race reached the mountains.
www.smithsport.com:8080 /athletes/bike/ivanbasso.html   (505 words)

  
  Ivan Basso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basso is among the best mountain riders in the professional field of the 2000s, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders.
Ivan Basso's weakness was the time trial and before the 2004 season he and teammate Carlos Sastre trained in a wind tunnel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to improve their aerodynamic positioning on the bike.
Ivan Basso went on to focus on the 2005 Giro d'Italia, in her memory, as his main aim for that season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivan_Basso   (1959 words)

  
 Smith Athletes | bike | Ivan Basso   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ivan Basso is not only the immediate future of cycling, a World Champion, Tour de France podium finisher, and leader of Team CSC but a rider who transcends the tradition of sport.
Basso’s early career culminated with a sensational twelve victory season capped by success at the 1998 World Championships in Valkenburg.
Basso turned up at the 2005 Giro on a mission and was quick to take the leader’s jersey once the race reached the mountains.
www.smithsport.com /athletes/bike/ivanbasso.html   (505 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Basso wraps up big victory at Giro d'Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Basso dominated the 21-stage event, proving stronger in time trials and in the mountains to win his first major title.
Ivan "The Terrible," as fans use to call Basso, finished in the same time as the winner in a triumphant parade for the overall leader as rivals traditionally avoid any attack on the closing day.
Basso won the Giro on his second attempt after faltering last year when stomach problems during the mountain stage at Stelvio pass cost him one hour and the lead.
www.usatoday.com /sports/cycling/2006-05-28-basso-giro-ditalia_x.htm   (542 words)

  
 Basso parts company with CSC team - CNN.com
Basso, who had been one of the favorites for the Tour, was cleared to resume racing last week when the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) recommended that all charges against him be dropped.
Basso, who was under contract with the Danish team until 2008, was one of a number of riders suspected of being involved in a doping and blood doping ring which Spanish police uncovered at the end of May only days before Basso's Giro D'Italia triumph.
Basso's situation improved last Thursday, when CONI said he had no case to answer, but they reserved the right to re-open the case in the event of fresh evidence.
edition.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/10/18/cycling.basso/index.html   (434 words)

  
 Ivan Basso Takes Over In Stage 8 Giro D Italia 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ivan Basso (CSC) kept his composure on the final climb of Maielletta to overcome a dangerous attack by Damiano Cunego (Lampre).
Basso's calm, collected, and calculating effort on today's stage was impressive enough for cyclingnews.com editors to draw a parellel to the retired Texan:
Basso does display great deal of suppleness on mountain stages but cyclingnews seems to forget that what really made Armstrong special on high mountains was not so much his smooth style (remember Miguel Indurain?) but rather his power and acceleration which was good enough to ride Pantani off his wheels.
www.velogogo.com /News/IvanBassoTakesOverInStage8GiroDItalia2006   (708 words)

  
 Ciclismo, Basso confessa: sono dopato - Corriere della Sera
Il ciclista Ivan Basso ha confessato di essersi dopato e ora collabora con la procura del Coni per rivelare i nomi di complici e di altri ciclisti coinvolti.
In base ai regolamenti antidoping internazionali Ivan Basso rischia una squalifica di due anni, ma la disponibilità del varesino a collaborare con la Procura Antidoping del Coni potrebbe valere uno sconto di pena in caso di condanna da parte le autorità sportive.
La collaborazione di Basso, in caso di procedimento disciplinare, potrebbe essere tenuta in grande considerazione dal collegio giudicante, visto che mai un ciclista del calibro del vincitore del Giro d’Italia 2006 aveva ammesso responsabilità in materia di doping accettando di confessare le proprie responsabilità.
www.corriere.it /Primo_Piano/Sport/2007/05_Maggio/07/basso_confessa.shtml   (1218 words)

  
 Ciclismo/ Ivan Basso: "Il mio è stato solo tentato doping. Tornerò presto a correre" - Affaritaliani.it
Ivan Basso, in conferenza stampa a Milano, racconta a giornalisti e tifosi la sua verità dopo le confessioni fatte con i magistrati sportivi.
L'avvocato Martelli, al fianco di Basso nella conferenza stampa, ha precisato: "Ivan non si è limitato a un'ammissione di responsabilità, ma ha spiegato metodi, circostanze e tutto ciò che concerneva il rapporto con Fuentes".
Le vicende di Pantani e Basso risultano diametralmente opposte e non accomunabili, inoltre, questo tipo di dichiarazioni non fanno altro che portare nuove sofferenze ai familiari di Marco ad oltre tre anni dalla sua scomparsa.
canali.libero.it /affaritaliani/basso0705.html   (792 words)

  
 -●- Brilliant Victory for Basso of the 20th stage of Giro d’Italia - Ivan Basso,ivan basso,basso,ivan,giro ...
With a picture of his newborn son held high in the air Ivan Basso crossed the finish line solo to a triumphant stage win in the 211-kilometer 20th stage of Giro d’Italia between Trento and Aprica.
After a long and hard day with legendary mountains, such as Gavia and Mortirolo, Basso was celebrated as the winner of the stage after having dropped Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) on the final climb.
He is the strongest rider in the Giro, and it was only logical that he went for it on the last mountain stage.
www.ivanbassostore.com /en/ivan-basso/brilliant-victory-for-basso-of-the-20th-stage-of-giro-ditalia.html   (391 words)

  
 Unofficial Ivan Basso Fan Page » 2005 » April   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Instead, Basso spent his efforts on behalf of team mate Bobby Julich, working hard for him on the hard stage 2 and neutralizing a dangerous attack by Danilo di Luca on the last stages of the Basque Tour.
Basso worked hard to control the breakaway for Julich, and thereby helped setup Julich for the decisive time trial on the third stage were Bobby Julich completed the job by winning the stage and the overall.
Ivan Basso’s next race is the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, but he is not expected to be in sufficient form to win the race, but is rather there to get in the training, as well as to help his in-form teammates Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt.
www.ivanbasso.net /?m=200504   (730 words)

  
 Smithers MINNEAPOLIS: What happened to Basso?
Basso put 2:54 into Ullrich during 7 mountain stages with 3 stages ending at the top of a climb.
The time Basso got in the mountains was as a result of attempting to follow the pace set by Lance Armstrong, a pace that Ullrich was not able to match.
Basso has also made it clear that he intends to race the 2006 Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) as he did in 2005.
www.smithersmpls.com /2006/01/what-happened-to-basso.html   (570 words)

  
 www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
The difference now is that Basso is an overwhelming favourite to win both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, something which hasn't been done since Marco Pantani achieved the feat eight years ago.
Five years later at the junior world championships in San Marino, Basso was in striking distance of that moment, but a puncture with 10 kilometres to go cost him a rainbow jersey and he had to settle for second.
Basso has fond memories of this region of Limburg, where he's currently staying until the start of this year's Giro d'Italia in Seraing.
www.cyclingnews.com /news.php?id=features/2006/basso_giro_press_conf   (1554 words)

  
 CNN.com - Basso signs long-term CSC contract - Jul 18, 2005
Italian Basso is second in the Tour de France, two minutes and 46 seconds behind Lance Armstrong, and has been tipped by the six-times champion as the rider most likely to succeed him.
"Ivan has never made a secret of the fact, that he likes being on our team, and that means a lot to us all," the 1996 Tour winner added.
Basso, 27, finished third on the 2004 Tour and won two stages of the Giro d'Italia earlier this year.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/07/18/cycling.basso   (361 words)

  
 .:. procycling .:.
He may be one of the big favourites for victory in Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but Ivan Basso says he won't be under pressure from his CSC team, as they are focusing on his upcoming double challenge for the Giro and Tour titles.
Whether that’s biting off more than Basso can chew remains to be seen, and the Italian realises that the risk of failure is eminent: “Last year I lost the Giro but that’s part of life and, honestly, my goal is to win one of the big tours this season.
Now Ivan is focusing on the Giro, but that’s also working towards the Tour,” said Riis, who doesn’t believe it’s that impossible to go for two big tours in the same year.
www.procycling.com /news.aspx?ID=2066   (719 words)

  
 Cyclist Ivan Basso hearing in doping case postponed to Sept. 29   (Site not responding. Last check: )
ROME (AP) - A hearing in the doping case of Giro d'Italia cycling champion Ivan Basso has been postponed until the end of the month.
Basso, who was excluded from the Tour de France after being implicated in a Spanish doping investigation, denied using banned substances in a first appearance before Italian anti-doping authorities late last month.
Basso was among nine riders - including German veteran Jan Ullrich - withdrawn from the Tour de France on the eve of the start of the race.
www.cbc.ca /cp/sports/060907/s090744.html   (186 words)

  
 Ivan Basso Finally Conquered Italy - He won the Tour of Italy, and is now aiming to triumph in France too - Softpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ivan Basso is truly the new champion of Italy.
After 2 weeks of long and exhausting stages — it was the Tour of Italy with the most difficult mountain climbs in the last decade — Ivan Basso seems to move closer and closer to the cyclist Lance Armstrong predicted him to be.
Basso Is the 99% Winner of Il Giro
news.softpedia.com /news/Ivan-Basso-Finally-Conquered-Italy-25012.shtml   (576 words)

  
 BiciRace.com :: Interviews :: Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso (Team CSC) has had a complete 2005 season, racing end to end.
Basso did not head off to the beach after France, instead he went north and ruled the Tour of Denmark.
Ivan Basso: Now my free time is devoted to my family, I have not yet decided where we will go in vacation.
www.bicirace.com /interview/2005/BassoIvan.html   (717 words)

  
 News
Ivan Basso smentisce che ci siano stati contatti con la Fondazione Umberto Veronesi per allestire una team ciclistico nella stagione 2009 che prenda il nome della Fondazione stessa.
Ecco i risultati della consulenza chimico-tossicologica effettuata dall'Università di Milano, Facolta di Farmacia, riguardanti Ivan Basso.
Il documento, redatto dal Prof.re Veniero Gambaro, esprime l'opinione del docente in merito ai controlli antidoping sostenuti da Ivan Basso negli ultimi 3 anni.
www.ivanbasso.it /news.htm   (907 words)

  
 Blutdoping-Skandal: Ivan Basso packt aus - Sport-motor - stern.de
Ivan Basso hat reuig gestanden und möchte nun bei der Aufklärung des Skandals helfen
"Ivan hat getan, was alle von Marco Pantani erwartet haben", begrüßte der Präsident des italienischen Radsportverbandes, Renato Di Rocco, Bassos Bereitschaft zur Zusammenarbeit mit den Dopingfahndern.
Von der Sportjustiz droht Basso eine Doping- Sperre von zwei Jahren, in einem anstehenden Zivilrechtsverfahren sogar eine mehrjährige Haftstrafe.
www.stern.de /sport-motor/sportwelt/:Blutdoping-Skandal-Ivan-Basso/588581.html   (698 words)

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