ROME, March 30, 2008 (AFP) – Giro d’Italia champion Danilo Di Luca will ride in the Settimana Lombardia on April 6, his LPR team said on Sunday.

Di Luca is currently embroiled in an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have a three-month suspension he served for a doping offense last year overturned.

He is also involved in another doping case with the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) requesting a two-year ban against Di Luca for providing an abnormal doping test during last year’s Giro.

The Italian Cycling Federation is due to take a decision on that case on the same day as the race, meaning Di Luca will not be present at his own hearing.