Thursday,
October 12, 2006
Italian Cyclist Ivan Basso Doping Charges
Dropped
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BASSO
CHARGES SET TO BE DROPPED
Reuters
October
12, 2006
MILAN,
- Italian cyclist Ivan Basso is likely to avoid charges of doping after
investigating officials asked for his case to be dropped.
The
Giro d'Italia champion was
placed under investigation by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) after being
implicated in a Spanish police probe into blood doping by a group of doctors in
CONI
said in a statement on Thursday that they would ask the Italian Cycling
Federation to drop their case against Basso.
Basso
was one of nine riders withdrawn from July's Tour de France on the eve of the
race and he was suspended by his CSC team.
The
Italian has always denied any links with the doctors arrested in
Basso,
who still has two years left on his contract with CSC, could take part in the
Tour of Lombardy on Saturday.
"This
is good news," Basso told Gazzetta dello Sport's website. "Although I don't know yet if I
will race on Saturday. I need to speak with (CSC chief) Bjarne
Riis and then we will decide."
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