Its one thing to let a guy win the stage, its another thing to tell that
to the media. What an [censored].
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As for Armstrong, who won here in 2002, the 32-year-old American said he
had allowed Basso to win the stage because he is trying to help the
Italian's mother in her fight against cancer.
"He's a hell of a good guy," Armstrong said. "We've been friends for a
long time, and off the bike we're trying to work a little bit on his
mom's situation, to try and see if she can win the fight against cancer.
"It's pretty special for me to have been out there with him, and the
past week we haven't spoken about the race, we've spoken about his mom.
It was a pleasure for me to let him (Basso) win, and he deserved to win.
He was super strong."