RIIS SENDS BASSO HOME

Riss press conference

CSC team manager Bjarne Riis has confirmed that he has suspended Ivan Basso and sent him home from the Tour de France.

Riis revealed that he had seen documents from the Spanish drugs investigation that implicated Basso. He refused to say if Basso was guilty but suspended him so that he can defend his name.

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