Italian rider Ivan Basso announced his withdrawal from the Tour de France today.
The reason was a major shock, it was due to testicular cancer.
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37-year-old Basso had a crash on stage five of the race after which he felt pain in one of his testicles which persisted for a number of days.
This lead to him undergoing some tests. Just two hours before the press conference the Tinkoff-Saxo cyclist discovered that the pain was due to cancer.
Basso confirmed that he will undergo surgery as soon as possible in Italy.
Video: CyclingTB
