{"id":19595,"date":"2013-05-02T18:32:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cyst-forces-basso-out-of-giro-ditalia\/"},"modified":"2013-05-02T18:32:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:32:53","slug":"cyst-forces-basso-out-of-giro-ditalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cyst-forces-basso-out-of-giro-ditalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyst forces Basso out of Giro d\u2019Italia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days before the start of the 2013 Giro d\u2019Italia, double champion Ivan Basso was forced to withdraw due to a perineal cyst, Italian sports paper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported Thursday.<\/p>\n

The cyst, which is reportedly \u201clarger than a golf ball,\u201d does not contain liquid and cannot be drained with a syringe, preventing Basso from getting on a bike.<\/p>\n

Together with a team doctor and manager Roberto Amadio, Basso decided Thursday morning to pull himself from the race that he\u2019s won twice, in 2006, before serving a doping suspension, and again in 2010, following his suspension. Basso, who finished fifth last year, will be replaced on Cannondale\u2019s roster by Damiano Caruso.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Sunday morning I had a fever, which rose very high,\u201d the 35-year-old Italian told La Gazzetta dello Sport. \u201cI tried Tuesday to ride 50 miles, but I cannot stand, or sit, on the bike. It will be resolved only with surgery. It\u2019s a pity, I would have definitely been a protagonist at the Giro.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Giro d\u2019Italia (Tour of Italy) begins in Naples on Saturday, and ends in Milano on May 26. \u2013 velonews<\/a><\/p>\n

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