Monday, May 07, 2007

Ivan Basso confesses to doping

VeloChimp: Basso Fesses Up to Operation Puerto Involvement.

TdFBlog: Basso admits Puerto involvement in face of DNA test.

Spinopsys: Crisis of confidence.

VeloNews: Basso admits involvement in Puerto scandal.

Road Magazine Blog: Discovery Team reaction.

Pez: Basso confesses: "Let's hope that Basso comes completely clean and pulls out his whistle and starts pointing at everyone involved."

9 comments:

Donna Tocci said...

GASP....EEEK....this is just not good....

uncadan8 said...

Actually, I think it is one of the best things to happen to cycling. A cheat is actually confessing to his dirty deeds. I understand the pressures to perform and all that. It still does not make cheating right. My respect for Basso has actually increased because of his admission. Removing the doubt of allegations whether guilty or innocent is better than allowing speculation to continue.

Paul Tay said...

I don't understand what he has to gain by fessin' up. Help me out, people.

uncadan8 said...

Paul Tay - Clear conscience? There are some people in the world who do like to have one - even among cyclists. It could be he is also looking to avoid the possible financial ruin that Floyd Landis is looking at.

Paul Tay said...

Right. I can understand the cutting yer losses part. But, would you give up seven TdF's for a clear conscience?

bmj said...

He didn't admit to doping...he admitted to trying to dope. He claims his Giro win was clean, and he wanted to dope for the Tour.

Umm, yeah, ok.

He wants a lighter sentence, so why not confess to a lighter crime?

Yokota Fritz said...

yeah, "attempted" doping. Sheesh. If the guy can win a world class bike race by nine minutes clean, why would he even consider banking blood for a future race?

Paul Tay said...

In case he crashes and needs blood transfusion.

uncadan8 said...

"Attempted doping" -- my respectometer just took a dive.