No Tour TV for Basso

Ivan Basso, suspended from racing for two years, has passed the month of July training and refused to watch the Tour de France.

"The Tour happens how it should happen," said the 29 year-old to La Gazzetta dello Sport while attending the presentation of the Tre Valli Varesine (August 21).

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