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IvanBasso Cannot Be A Role Model For Young Cyclists, Says David Millar
PALERMO, Italy, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - Disgraced cyclist Ivan Basso should not be held up as a model for young riders, claimed Scottish rider David Millar on Saturday.
Millar said that despite 30-year-old Basso - who is allowed to ride competitively again from October 24 2008 and has agreed [...]
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- Ivan Basso Signs Two-Year Contract With Liquigas After His Doping Ban
April 25th, 2008ROME, April 24, 2008 (AFP) - Italian cyclist Ivan Basso, who was suspended for two years for his implication in the Operation Puerto scandal, said Friday he hopes to return to the top with new team Liquigas.
The 30-year-old Basso, who is allowed to ride competitively again from October 24 [...] - Operation Puerto affair reopened
February 14th, 2008MADRID, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) - The Operation Puerto blood-doping affair
involving about 60 cyclists and which erupted in May 2006, has been reopened,
Madrid prosecutors’ said on Thursday.
A raid on the Madrid laboratory of Dr Eufemiano Fuentes uncovered doping products, bags of blood and codenames which appeared to link top athletes to a highly-organised system of [...] - Basso: Suspension was ‘best thing’ to happen to him
January 17th, 2008Basso: Suspension was ‘best thing’ to happen to him
By Agence France Presse
Filed: January 17, 2008
Disgraced former Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso said Thursday that his two-year doping suspension was the best thing to happen to him.
Basso was tipped to win the 2006 Tour de France, shortly after cruising to victory in the Giro, but he [...]
