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creekster · 08-27-2008, 04:49 PM

Ivan Basso’s suspension is finished in October. He will ride for Liquigas and his first race will be the tour of Japan (or some such race). It will be interesting to see how he does without the EPO. Given his style I always thought that if he was using EPO he would be very bothered by its absence. I hope I am wrong here, because he always seemed like a good guy (cheating with Spanish doctors notwithstanding).

I guess I should add that he has denied cheating, but the credibility of the denial took a dive with the discovery of bags of his blood in a fridge in Spain, IMO.

Coach McGuirk · 08-27-2008, 08:57 PM

I always liked Basso and I hope he is done cheating.

bluegoose · 08-28-2008, 12:24 AM

I suspect he will be competitive, but only a shadow of what he was a couple of years ago. I still remember an acceleration of his 2 years ago on the final mountain stage of the Giro that he won. He made the field look like a junior varsity team.

That was when I actually had the first thought that he might be dirty, just to make it look that easy. Of course, from now on, anybody who dominates like that will automatically be suspect.

08-27-2008, 04:49 PM	#1
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Don't turn around, becasue Basso's back Ivan Basso’s suspension is finished in October. He will ride for Liquigas and his first race will be the tour of Japan (or some such race). It will be interesting to see how he does without the EPO. Given his style I always thought that if he was using EPO he would be very bothered by its absence. I hope I am wrong here, because he always seemed like a good guy (cheating with Spanish doctors notwithstanding). I guess I should add that he has denied cheating, but the credibility of the denial took a dive with the discovery of bags of his blood in a fridge in Spain, IMO. __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos.

08-27-2008, 08:57 PM	#2
Coach McGuirk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The Bubble Posts: 606	I always liked Basso and I hope he is done cheating. __________________ "Hey! It's all ball bearings nowadays. Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State. "

08-28-2008, 12:24 AM	#3
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	I suspect he will be competitive, but only a shadow of what he was a couple of years ago. I still remember an acceleration of his 2 years ago on the final mountain stage of the Giro that he won. He made the field look like a junior varsity team. That was when I actually had the first thought that he might be dirty, just to make it look that easy. Of course, from now on, anybody who dominates like that will automatically be suspect.