Ivan Basso

The Discovery Channel team has suspended Italian rider Ivan Basso from racing after the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping Procura announced they have reopened a doping investigation into the 2006 Giro d?Italia winner.

?Team management at Tailwind Sports (the management company that runs the Discovery Channel team) has requested that Italian rider Ivan Basso not compete pending further information in a new investigation coming out of Italy,? the team said in a statement said on Tuesday.

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