CAS Sets Date For Danilo Di Luca Appeal Hearing
MILAN, Italy, March 11, 2008 (AFP) -The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed Tuesday they will examine Tour of Italy champion Danilo Di Luca’s appeal against a three-month ban for his connection with a doping scandal here on March 20.
The rider was suspended in October 2007 for his association with Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione, the key figure in a scandal known in Italy as ‘Oil for drug’, dating back to 2004.
Santuccione was investigated for allegedly supplying banned substances to Italian sportsmen.
In a separate case, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) are also requesting a two-year ban against Di Luca for providing an abnormal doping test during last year’s Tour de Italy.
CAS also confirmed that CONI’s appeal against the decision of the Italian cycling federation (FIC) to clear cyclist Alessandro Petacchi of doping would be heard on April 2 and not March 12 as planned.
Petacchi, one of the world’s top sprinters who has won stages in all three major Tours, tested positive for elevated levels of the asthma drug salbutamol during last year’s Tour of Italy.
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