Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso has finished his preparation at altitude and is heading to Rotterdam with yellow in mind. At the Passo San Pellegrino, Ivan spent two of the four weeks between the Giro and the Tour recovering, resting and most importantly, training hard at altitude. Amazingly, during days of bad weather in the mountains, Ivan would spend up to FOUR hours on a trainer, eyes fixed on his SRM power meter, simulating mountain stage efforts. Basso was joined by his teammates for specific training rides prepared by team technical coach Paolo Slongo. On Thursday, Ivan will join his teammates once again in Holland for the start of a grand tour. The Dutch start brought him luck in May, and we certainly hope it will be lucky again in July!
