Italian rider Damiano Cunego has been talking about his ambitions for a second Giro d’Italia this year. In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport he expressed a hope that this year’s race would be less tainted by doping than the last one. Remember, Riccardo Riccò and Emanuele Sella both rode strongly, but were subsequently busted for the new blood booster CERA. According to Cunego:
“I only hope that there is a balanced playing field, otherwise those who have talked so much about transparency would be better to keep quiet.”
Ivan Basso, who is back this year after a two year suspension, then took a swing at Cunego on Twitter:
“im reading gazzetta del sport if cunego refers to me about trasparency.i find it very funny..”
No love lost there then.
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