Basso did not race for the second half of last season after his name surfaced in a doping investigation in Spain.

Miller added that he doesn't think his client has anything to add to the doping investigation.

The Tour de France has been enveloped by the turmoil of a doping investigation less than a week before it is scheduled to begin.

Instead, she gave declarations of her innocence amid a doping investigation while she struggled in her return from giving birth.

But it did not stop Maier, who had a surprise drug test before the Olympics began, from commenting on the doping investigation.

He was fired by his German-backed team shortly after and is now the subject of a doping investigation in Germany.

The final Alpine stage was canceled when the riders held a protest against the French police for their handling of the doping investigation.

Several top cyclists were barred from the race Friday because of a doping investigation in Spain.

Ballan was later suspended by his team as a result of an internal doping investigation, meaning he had to miss the Giro.

But on the eve of the race, he was among several riders removed from the field after being implicated in a major doping investigation in Spain.