Ivan Basso News

TIn this June 14, 2005 file photo Germany's Jan Ullrich putting on the yellow jersey he retained after the fourth stage from Vaduz, Liechtenstein to Bad Zurzach, Switzerland, of the Tour de Suisse cycling race.

Alejandro Valverde, back from a two-year ban, says he has nothing to apologize for in the wake of his controversial sanction for links to the OperaciA3n Puerto blood doping scandal.

Race organiser Christian Prudhomme has pledged to give cycling fans suspense right to the end of Paris-Nice thanks to the return of the Col d'Eze final stage time trial.

Although provisionally set to ride the Tour de France in 2012, Vincenzo Nibali has admitted that he is tempted to line up at the Giro d'Italia as the route suits him better than it did last season.

While a number of their colleagues are already in racing mode at the Santos Tour Down Under or about to start their seasons at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, Ivan Basso and Peter Sagan were among the Liquigas-Cannondale riders still fine-tuning their form at the team's training camp in Cecina, Tuscany during the week.

Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is one of the cyclists who have been called to testify in the trial of seven people linked to the Operation Puerto doping scandal.

After its team presentation in Milan this week, the Liquigas-Cannondale team made its way to Sardinia, Italy for the squad's second training camp in as many months.

Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso are amongst those expected to testify at the trial for Operacion Puerto, the Spanish media has reported.The trial stems from the blood doping scandal around Dr.