Aug 22, 2006
Riis: Basso Needs to Prove His Innocence
Ivan Basso and crew have been very quiet about Operation Puerto and issues related to doping. Today Riis hit out at Ivan Basso stating that “Ivan needs to prove innocence before everyone”. This makes it unlikely that the Italian will return to CSC if he is found innocent of the charges stemming from Operation Puerto.
“At the moment, I do not see a future for Basso if he does not deomonstrate that he is completely extraneous to the Operation Puerto situation and show that he never had contact with Fuentes. This is very critical. He needs to provide us with the details to prove his innocence. Otherwise we are put into a situation where we cannot defend or trust him, therefore he would be finished with CSC.