The Latest: Basso says he has testicular cancer, ends Tour (The Associated Press)

Italian veteran Ivan Basso, a two-time Giro d’Italia winner and once a great rival of Lance Armstrong, has announced that he has cancer in his left testicle and is dropping out of the Tour de France. A visibly shaken Basso says he felt pain in his left testicle after a crash in Stage 5 and a medical check later revealed the cancer. The departure of Basso, who will return home to Italy for further tests, is a blow both personally and professionally to Tinkoff Saxo Bank team leader Alberto Contador.