Ivan Basso

Ivan Basso
Basso at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameIvan Basso
NicknameIvan the Terrible, The Smiling Assassin
Born (1977-11-26) 26 November 1977 (age 46)
Gallarate, Province of Varese, Italy
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Amateur team
1996–1999Zalf–Euromobil–Fior
Professional teams
1998Asics–CGA (stagiaire)
1999Riso Scotti
2000Amica Chips–Tacconi Sport
2001–2003Fassa Bortolo
2004–2006Team CSC
2007Discovery Channel
2008–2014Liquigas[2]
2015Tinkoff–Saxo
Managerial teams
2016Tinkoff
2017Trek–Segafredo
2018Polartec–Kometa
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Young rider classification (2002)
1 individual stage (2004)
Giro d'Italia
General classification (2006, 2010)
6 individual stages (2005, 2006, 2010)
2 TTT (2006, 2010)

Stage races

Danmark Rundt (2005)
Critérium International (2006)
Giro del Trentino (2009)
Giro di Padania (2011)

One-day races and Classics

Giro dell'Emilia (2004)
Japan Cup (2012)

Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2015 for seven different teams. Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible,[3] was considered among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the early 21st century, and was considered one of the strongest stage race riders. He is a double winner of the Giro d'Italia, having won the race in 2006 for Team CSC and 2010 for Liquigas–Doimo.

In 2007, Basso admitted to planning the use of blood doping and was suspended for two years. His suspension ended on 24 October 2008, and he returned to racing two days later in the Japan Cup, where he placed a close third behind Damiano Cunego and Giovanni Visconti.[4] He later returned to racing in his home tour, and in 2010, he won his second Giro d'Italia, winning two stages along the way.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Ivan Basso profile". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  2. ^ "Cannondale (CAN) – ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference terrible was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Cunego wins Japan Cup". VeloNews. 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  5. ^ "After 2-Year Suspension, Basso Wins 2nd Giro d'Italia". The New York Times. 31 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Basso nears second Giro win, one the UCI says is clean". Cycling Weekly. 29 May 2010.