Basso quits after new dope allegations - Sport - theage.com.au

Basso quits after new dope allegations - Sport - theage.com.au:






"THE future of cycling star and Tour de France favourite Ivan Basso is hanging by a thread after his team, Discovery Channel, announced it had parted company with the Italian.
Basso, one of dozens implicated in the Operation Puerto doping affair, was suspended last week after the Italian Olympic Committee called on him to this week answer doping charges.
Basso, 29, initially had been cleared by the committee, which said there was not enough evidence to sanction him. Discovery said then it stood by the Giro d'Italia winner, who was to lead the team's bid to win the Tour de France."