BASSO TO DISCOVERY

Basso: next stop Le Tour

Ivan Basso is set to join the American Discovery Channel team according to a report in today's (Wednesday, November 8) Italian sports daily, Gazzetta Dello Sport. The Italian has long been courted by Lance Armstrong's squad, but the move is controversial due to Basso's involvement in Operacion Puerto.

Basso is currently in Japan, but both Lance Armstrong and Basso's manager Giovanni Lombardi are saying it's a done deal and will be made official later today.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.