Ivan Basso surprisingly confessed he was a client of Spanish Doctor Fuentes early May. First it looked like the 29 year old winner of last years Giro d'Italia cooperated with Italian anti-doping authorities CONI, but one day later Basso seemed to have changed his mind. CONI first spoke openly about a suspension of 12 months for Basso but later CONI prosecuter Ettore Torri told reporters he was dissapointed about Basso's cooperation with the anti-doping authorities. CONI asked the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) to give Basso a 21 months suspension. The UCI already said that isn't enough, the World Cycling Federation demand that Basso becomes a suspension of 24 months.

Michele Scarponi, who confessed last month that he is the rider behind the nickname Zapatero on the Fuentes list, could face a ban of 18 months, that is the penalty that CONI asked the FCI to give to Scarponi.