Tour de France - Basso plans Giro and Tour assault

Mon, 28 Nov 17:31:00 2011

Italian Ivan Basso plans to ride next year's Giro d'Italia and Tour de France but has acknowledged he cannot win both the world's two biggest stage races in the same year.

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"I believe at my age the Giro and Tour can be raced in the same year and you can be strong in both, but I don't think you can win both," the 34-year-old, who triumphed in the Giro in 2006 and 2010, told Italian radio on Monday.

"I've never won the Tour but a third win in the Giro is also an important aim."

Reuters

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  1. If you want to play an amazing cycling game, search­­ "cyclingforfun" in yahoo

    From cyclingforfunorg, on Tue 29 Nov 16:51
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    U can win Giro, because Contador goes to TDF. TDF you­ never win

    From Bobcha, on Tue 29 Nov 5:30

  3. Come on Ivan... we all know you basicall have no chance­ to win the TDF unless you only focus on it.. winning­ another Giro would be excellent but you've won two­ already,, and a third can never cmpare to having a TDF­ on your Palmares... go for a tage in the Giro and try­ to fighr for the Tour please.

    From Shiek, on Tue 29 Nov 5:28

  4. Too bad most of the field still not consider Giro as a­ top level GT as a TdF. Vuelta has a same problem.­ It's clear that Basso made this decision on a­ ground of TdF announcement route and his tiny chances­ to succeed with that much ITT km's. Giro is always­ good chance for him, but in his case I'll­ reconsider to make Giro-Vuelta double instead­ Giro-TdF...

    From marija, on Tue 29 Nov 4:52

  5. No Schlecks. No Contador. No Evans= No top flight­ competition. Basso can take a grand tour in Italy and­ shoot for a stage in France with no pressure to succeed­ in the GC.

    From Maxx92, on Tue 29 Nov 3:06
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