WHAT will Ivan Basso bring to the Discovery Channel Team?
Awesome news! I was unaware of this, so thanks for the good news. Ivan is a great cyclist, with a great attitude and one of the best mountain climbers in the world (easily in the top 5). I think Basso is a much better fit with the Discovery Team then with his old CSC team. I’m also a big fan of Tyler Hamilton, who was suspended, due to doping (wrongly) accusations two years ago. Tyler has a very similar riding style, when compared with Ivan Basso. Remember all of the past TDFs where Lance Armstrong and Hamilton where always side by side on the mountain. stages? I don’t know if Ivan would be able to endure the pain that Tyler did in the 2003 TDF, where at the end of stage 1, he was involved in a 35 rider accident where he broke his collar-bone in two places. He continued on to win the 17th stage and finish the Tour in 4th place overall. So, as far as Discovery Team taking on Tyler’s 28 year old, Ex-CSC teammate, Ivan Basso? It should be an awesome move for everyone involved. I could eas
