Bad news
Ivan Basso withdraws with cancer
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/33509974
“Italian rider Ivan Basso has withdrawn from the Tour de France after revealing he has testicular cancer.
“We discovered this two hours ago. I have to stop,” the former Giro d’Italia winner, 37, told a shocked news conference on Monday.
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