What cyclists have won the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and the Vuelta a Espana in their career (doesn’t have to be in the same year)?
with the Giro D’italia only a few weeks off and Lance not now riding…I was wandering if there are some keen cycling fans out there….
can anyone tell me if the winner of the 2006 giro d’italia is related to 1972 cycling world champion marino basso?
We all know Juv and acm cheat and dive and they bribe ref or pay to get favourable ref.
Italian Cyclists cheat as well - "IItalian cyclist Ivan Basso has been suspended by his Discovery Channel team because of a reopened Italian Olympic Committee probe into the rider’s involvement with the Operation Puerto blood doping ring. The punishment means Basso probably won’t enter this year’s Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. "
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/08/sports/s141544D42.DTL
http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&pg=10&tag=Italian
You think Italians only cheat in competitive sports? WRONG.
Italians also conduct fraudulant performance.
"" Even Pavarotti’s longtime manager has said the Italian tenor has occasionally lip-sync’d when his lungs are tired. ""
Its official - Italians are synonymous with cheaters.
Why should any Italian teams allowed to play in the champions league after the scandal? The champions league committe should forfeit all AC Milan and Rome records.
Italian Olympic Committee: Basso admits involvement in Spanish doping scandal
By ARIEL DAVID, Associated Press Writer
May 7, 2007
AP - May 2, 9:35 am EDT
ROME (AP) — Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso admitted involvement in the Spanish doping scandal and is cooperating with sports authorities.
Basso asked to talk to the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor, and during their meeting he "widely acknowledged his responsibilities" in connection with Operation Puerto and offered "full cooperation," CONI said.
The Italian cyclist’s lawyer, Massimo Martelli, said his client spoke about "methods with which this activity was carried out."
Basso’s name had turned up on a list of cyclists who allegedly had contact with a Spanish doctor accused of running a blood-doping clinic in Madrid.
I want to watch the Giro d’Italia but i don’t know what channel on Directv. Please hurry the race starts 5/8/09!!!
What’s the standard of competitive cycling like in the U.S. in comparison to cycling in Europe? I already know that cycling’s more popular in Europe. Tour de France, Giro d’Italia etc, while America has little well known races.
What’s the standard like for 10 mile (16km) time trials or 60 mile (100km) road races where you live?
I know theirs the Tour de France, Tour Down Under, and Giro d’italia.
Can you name them all for me? And when do they have the events in 08-09?
Lance is going to compete in the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia in 2009. Do you think the Uniballer will add the Vuelta a Espana as well? I’d love to see him finish out his career with a Grand Slam, wouldn’t you?
I want to watch the Giro d’Italia but i don’t know what channel it is on directv. Please hurry the race starts 5/8/09!
Does anybody else think that this year’s Giro d’Italia was just a prologue to a huge future Tour de France competition? Both Alberto Contador and Riccardo Ricco have similar riding styles, and both have asserted themselves as strong young riders.
As a side question, will Benatti and Cavendish and their battle in the Giro be a precursor to a sprinters rivalry as well?
I will be visiting Italy in May/June and I want to make it from Venice to Milan to see the end of the Giro d’Italia, but I will not be able to leave Venice until the morning of the last stage. Is it reasonable for me to try to go?