Due to allegations coming out of Operation Puerto, it appears that Ivan Basso will be barred from starting at the Tour de France.

At the moment, it seems that the allegations may have some truth to them. Unfortunately I will not be able to follow up on the details over the weekend, but I shall post more when more details are released.

P.S. Feel free to comment. Note however, that I won’t permit abusive comments to be published; whether or not Basso is guilty, there is no point in kicking a man when he is down.