Unexpected victory for Basso in France

Ivan Basso (CSC)

Ivan Basso (CSC) (Image credit: AFP)

A convincing win in the morning's road stage backed up by a solid afternoon time trial has resulted in Ivan Basso achieving overall victory in this year's 2.HC-ranked Critérium International, beating early leader Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and Ukrainian Andriy Grivko (Team Milram), who took second and third place respectively.