GAZZETTA REVEAL BASSO AND FUENTES LINK

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Ivan Basso has always denied links to Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes but Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport has revealed details from the 38-page summary document that nail Basso?s name to the doping scandal.

In a two page special report on Tuesday, the newspaper revealed there are two phone calls and three documents that link the nickname ?Birillo? to Basso and talk about doping products. There are no direct links between Basso and the Spanish doctor but the evidence is clear and Basso?s dog is called ?Birillo?.

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