VIDEO: Ivan Basso withdraws from Tour after cancer diagnosis

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VIDEO: Ivan Basso withdraws from Tour after cancer diagnosis
Mon, 13 Jul, 2015 - 22:12

Ivan Basso has withdrawn from the Tour de France after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Basso was a key member of Alberto Contador’s Tinkoff-Saxo squad, but will return home to Italy on Monday’s first rest day.

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