Ivan Basso
Basso at the 2015 Tour de France
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Ivan Basso |
| Nickname | Ivan the Terrible, The Smiling Assassin |
| Born |
26 November 1977 Gallarate, Province of Varese, Italy |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider, Directeur sportif |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1998 | Zalf-Euromobil-Fior |
| 1998 | → Asics–CGA (stagiaire) |
| 1999–2000 | Riso Scotti |
| 2001–2003 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2004–2006 | Team CSC |
| 2007 | Discovery Channel |
| 2008–2014 | Liquigas |
| 2015 | Tinkoff–Saxo |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2016 | Tinkoff |
| 2017– | Trek–Segafredo |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
One-day races and Classics
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Stage races
One-day races and Classics
Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer who last raced with UCI ProTeam Tinkoff–Saxo. Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, 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 2006 edition and the 2010 edition of the Italian Grand Tour whilst riding for Team CSC in 2006 and for Liquigas in 2010. However, in 2007 Basso admitted he was planning to use 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. He later returned to racing in his home tour, and in 2010 he won his second Giro d'Italia while riding for Liquagis-Domo, winning two stages along the way.
He was born in Gallarate, in the province of Varese in Lombardy. There he grew up next door to Claudio Chiappucci, a former three-time stage winner in the Tour de France who was suspended for two years after being proven guilty of doping several times.
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