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Ivan Basso

1977 - Today

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Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1999 and 2015 for seven different teams. 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 race in 2006 for Team CSC and 2010 for Liquigas–Doimo. In 2007, Basso admitted to planning the use of blood doping and was suspended for two years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Basso is the 299th most popular cyclist (down from 235th in 2019), the 4,009th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,866th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Ivan Basso ranks 299 out of 1,613. Before him are Simon Yates, Alessandro Petacchi, Gregor Braun, Giuseppe Beghetto, Józef Lange, and Victor Fontan. After him are Peder Pedersen, Laurent Jalabert, August von Gödrich, Steven Rooks, Antonio Maspes, and Pascal Richard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Ivan Basso ranks 181. Before him are Hatem Trabelsi, Marjan Šarec, Jeff Hardy, Marek Heinz, Joe Bonamassa, and Saša Ilić. After him are Vince Carter, Daniel Sanabria, Tobias Sammet, Scott S. Sheppard, Sin Cara, and Cristiano Zanetti.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ivan Basso ranks 4,010 out of 5,161. Before him are Riccardo Ferri (1963), Claudio Sala (1947), Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels (1865), Giuseppe Domenichelli (1887), Gavino Matta (1910), and Virginia Raggi (1978). After him are Guido Gozzano (1883), Antonio Siddi (1923), Moreno Torricelli (1970), Francesco Damiani (1958), Leopoldo Conti (1901), and Gundi Busch (1935).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Ivan Basso ranks 59. Before him are Marco Cimatti (1913), Pasquale Fornara (1925), Vasco Bergamaschi (1909), Paolo Bettini (1974), Dino Bruni (1932), and Alessandro Petacchi (1974). After him are Antonio Maspes (1932), Giovanni Micheletto (1889), Nino Borsari (1911), Gianbattista Baronchelli (1953), Michele Scarponi (1979), and Guido Bontempi (1960).

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