Suffered a fall during the third stage of the Tour of Trentino, Domenico Pozzovivo should be well at the outset of the next Giro on May 4, despite two broken ribs. Eighth last year, the Italian climber, now with AG2R, must return to competition at the Grand Prix of Frankfurt (May 1). This will allow him to find the rhythm of the race three days before the start of Naples.

Sensation of Ardennes, Carlos Betancur is also the beginning of a still very mountainous Giro, as candidate for the best young rider jersey. Davide will Appolonio sprinter team.

Bassoons, who abandoned the race before his term was already on the way back from an hour and three quarters to the Gironde (...) when he meant by telephone that he had 45 minutes to present to the control, he always argued.

For this, he was sentenced by the FFC 12-month suspension (plus two-month ban) initially, before the sentence is reduced to one month on appeal in December 2012 and the runner is declared "innocent"

"The facts have not been verified by the Federation launches Jean-Christophe Lapouble. We have evidence that the speaker says he has never announced the names of the riders who were to be controlled. We really feel that the test was done to catch Mr. Bassoon. "

The FCC wants to "wanting to pay Bassoons positions against doping, ten years ago," he insists.

"I would have taken a sports warning a month, I would not have gone further. But when I saw that I took 14 months, I actually asked. Either at the federation, people are incompetent or there reckoning. I demand the absolute discharge "advance Bassoons.