Andreas Klöden vows not ride for Germany again May 21, 2008
Andreas Klden vows not ride for Germany again - International Herald Tribune. Andreas Klden vows not ride for Germany again. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Bennati wins ninth stage; Visconti retains overall lead May 18, 2008
Danilo Di Luca, Italy, LPR-Brakes, same time ... Danilo Di Luca, Italy, 7:27. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Giro d'Italia: Bosisio goes solo to win 7th stage May 17, 2008
Defending champion Danilo Di Luca shows fine form on the closing climb. (CNN) -- Gabriele Bosisio won the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia as defending champion Danilo Di Luca established an early psychological advantage over his main rivals for overall honors. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Bosisio wins 7th stage May 17, 2008
Gabriele Bosisio of LPR won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy on Friday on a day when Giovanni Visconti retained the overall lead and Danilo di Luca and Riccardo Ricco went on the attack. Those Italian riders had an impressive day in the saddle during this 176km mountain stage from Vasto to Pescocostanzo though Visconti had a tough time on the hardest climb about 20km from the finish line. (iAfrica.com)
* Brutt wins fifth stage of Giro, Pellizotti retains lead May 16, 2008
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Brutt claims stage May 15, 2008
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Cavendish grabs Giro fourth stage win May 14, 2008
Danilo Di Luca is seven seconds back in third place. A series of crashes Monday led to the withdrawal of several cyclists including Bradley McGee while about 10 riders went down in the last straight on Tuesday. (CNN -- International)
Cavendish wins fourth stage; Pellizotti retains overall lead May 14, 2008
Danilo Di Luca is seven seconds back in third place ... Danilo Di Luca, Italy, :07. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Ricco wins stage at Giro d'Italia; Pellizotti leads May 12, 2008
Defending champion Danilo Di Luca, one of the pre-race favorites, finished with the same time as Ricco and is fourth overall, 7 seconds behind. The race continues in Sicily on Monday with a 137-mile leg from Catania to Milazzo. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Ricco wins Giro stage, Pellizotti takes lead after two stages May 12, 2008
Defending champion Danilo Di Luca, one of the pre-race favorites, finished with the same time as Ricco and is fourth overall, seven seconds behind ... Danilo Di Luca, Italy, LPR Brakes, same time ... Danilo Di Luca, Italy, same time. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Slipstream wins 1st Giro stage; Christian Vandevelde takes leader's jersey May 12, 2008
LPR Brakes, the team of defending champion Danilo Di Luca, was 28 seconds off the lead in sixth place. "We got the time we wanted to," said Di Luca. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Giro d'Italia is first big showcase of cycling's brave new world May 10, 2008
Despite the ethical problems of recent years, which have centered on past Giro winners from Italy like Ivan Basso, Danilo Di Luca and the late Marco Pantani, cycling in Italy remains a national passion. The fans are loyal and will flock to the Alps, Apennines and Dolomites, spilling out of their camper vans as the race approaches. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Italian dominance to be tested in Giro d'Italia beginning Saturday May 9, 2008
Among those is defending champion Danilo Di Luca, Paolo Savoldelli who won in 2002 and 2005 and Gilberto Simoni who was first in 2001 and 2003. "I feel good and I feel like I did at the start last year, let's hope the result is the same," said Di Luca. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Get set for the Giro May 9, 2008
Reigning champion Danilo Di Luca is not an immediate candidate, and will thus start as the LPR team's leader in the hope he can find the climbing legs to hold off a bunch of arguably more suited specialists. In 2007 Di Luca held off outstanding Luxemburger Andy Schleck of CSC, absent this time round, to claim his first 'maglia rose' and will count on the support of 2005 winner and teammate Paolo Savoldelli. (iAfrica.com)
Petacchi to miss Tour de France May 8, 2008
Danilo Di Luca, who won last year's Giro, was cleared of doping during the race by a special commission last month. But last week CAS upheld a three-month ban, which Di Luca had already served, imposed by CONI after he frequented a doctor accused of supplying doping products. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Petacchi to miss Tour de France after ban May 7, 2008
Fellow Italian Danilo Di Luca, who won last year's Giro, was cleared of doping during the race by a special commission last month. But last week CAS upheld a three-month ban, which Di Luca had already served, imposed by CONI after he frequented a doctor accused of supplying doping products. (Xinhuanet, China)
Woods says return 'right on schedule' May 2, 2008
Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca lost his appeal against a three-month ban in connection with the Oil For Drugs case. The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, upheld the ban imposed by the Italian Olympic committee for Di Luca's frequent visits to Carlo Santuccione, a doctor at the center of a four-year investigation into claims he supplied drugs to athletes. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
DOPING: CAS upholds three month ban against Di Luca May 2, 2008
A three-month ban served by Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca late last year was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday, a spokesman said. The Italian rider was banned by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) in October for frequenting Carlo Santuccione, a doctor accused of supplying doping products to athletes. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Agent says Woods has had pain since summer Apr 17, 2008
A panel of experts acquitted Danilo Di Luca of doping charges that could have led to a two-year ban of the Italian cyclist. The Italian Olympic Committee sought the ban after an irregular test during Di Luca's victory at last year's Giro d'Italia. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Giro d'Italia winner skips drugs hearing Apr 1, 2008
Danilo Di Luca did not show up for a hearing before the Italian Olympic Committee that could result in a two-year ban and the loss of his Giro d'Italia title. Di Luca's lawyers said the rider was competing at the Settimana Lombarda race in northern Italy that began on Tuesday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Italian cyclist Mazzoleni gets a two-year ban Jan 23, 2008
The 2007 Giro winner Danilo Di Luca was given a three-month ban in October for his involvement with Santuccione but has always denied doping. The Italian Cycling Federation must now decide whether to rubberstamp CONI's request for a ban on Mazzoleni. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
2007 Tour champion might be banned Jan 15, 2008
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Top riders maybe banned from Italian races Jan 15, 2008
SI.com - More Sports - Doping scandal may oustTour champ, othersin Italy - Monday January 14, 2008 2:07PM. Top riders banned from Italian races. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
End to yet another year clouded by doping scandals Dec 22, 2007
At the same time, Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca withdrew from the championships after the Italian Olympic Committee recommended he be banned for doping. That week, the UCI lost a court case and was forced to let Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde race even though they are convinced he is linked to Operation Puerto. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Italian cyclist Fertonani banned for two years Dec 21, 2007
One of the athletes is cyclist Alessandro Spezialetti of the Liquigas team, the same squad Danilo Di Luca rode with in his Giro d'Italia win this year. CONI is seeking a three-month ban for Spezialetti. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Reeling into 2008, a dead sport pedaling Dec 20, 2007
Such star riders as Ivan Basso, Alexandre Vinokourov and Danilo di Luca were suspended in drug cases, and Jan Ullrich was forced to retire. Low-ranked riders like Christian Moreni of Cofidis and Patrick Sinkewitz of T-Mobile were expelled during the Tour de France for doping. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Italian sports judge gives lifetime ban to doctor Dec 18, 2007
Athletes sanctioned for allegedly having ties to Santuccione include Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca, who was banned for three months, and former world pole vault champion Giuseppe Gibilisco, who received a two-year doping suspension. Today in Sports. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Riders will need biological passport to compete in 2008 Giro d'Italia Dec 3, 2007
Zomegnan also suggested that 2007 winner Danilo Di Luca, who was at the ceremony but is serving a three-month ban for a doping-related offense, would be allowed to defend his title as long as he is licensed. I'm not a policeman in my decisions, Zomegnan said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Cycling: Italy's anti-doping chief is a man with a mission Nov 3, 2007
Danilo di Luca, the winner of the Giro d'Italia this year, was barred from the world championships and lost the jersey of the ProTour leader because of his ties to an outcast doctor. Their suspensions were startling since all three are Italians and their country's authorities have a history of penalizing mainly small-fry and has-been riders. (International Herald Tribune)
Cunego bikes to Italy win; Evans takes title Oct 21, 2007
Danilo Di Luca, who led Evans by 15 points going into the race, was barred from competing after he was given a three-month ban this week by the Italian Olympic Committee following a doping investigation. Copyright 2007. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Giro di Lombardia to end another bad year for cycling Oct 20, 2007
Danilo Di Luca was excluded Thursday from the Giro di Lombardia, the last race of the elite series. The decision came two days after he was handed a three-month ban by the Italian Olympic Committee following a doping investigation. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
* Sports Briefs Oct 20, 2007
Cycling Di Luca excluded from Tour Danilo Di Luca was excluded from the UCI Pro Tour on Thursday, two days after he was banned for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee following a doping investigation. CONI suspended Di Luca for his ties to Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione, who allegedly provided athletes with doping products in what anti-doping prosecutors have labeled the "Oil for Drugs" case. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Evans tops ProTour standings after Di Luca drug ban Oct 19, 2007
Cadel Evans looks poised to cap a breakthrough season by winning cycling's elite ProTour series this weekend after rankings leader Danilo Di Luca was kicked out today. Evans, the first Australian to finish on the podium in the Tour de France when runner-up in July, now leads the series for the world's top teams and races with one event to go. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Kidney recipient Springs in coma Oct 17, 2007
Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca was banned for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee following a doping investigation. CONI's anti-doping prosecutor had recommended a four-month ban for Di Luca for his ties to Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione, who served a five-year suspension from 1995-2000. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Briefs | Portland, Davis Cup have love-love relationship Oct 17, 2007
Di Luca is banned: Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca of the Liquigas team was banned for three months by the Italian Olympic Committee after a doping investigation. Lacrosse. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Giro champion Di Luca banned three months for doping charges Oct 16, 2007
Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca was banned for three months Tuesday by the Italian Olympic Committee following a doping investigation. CONI's anti-doping prosecutor had recommended a four-month ban for Di Luca for his ties to Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione, who served a five-year suspension from 1995-2000. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Punter gets seven years for stabbing Oct 3, 2007
The Italian Olympic Committee's disciplinary panel will convene on Oct. 16 to rule on doping allegations against Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca. The hearing follows recommendations by anti-doping prosecutors last week that Di Luca be banned for four months for alleged doping at this year's Giro. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Cycling: Paolo Bettini wins road race at world championships Oct 1, 2007
Apart from Bettini's problems, Italy was also hit hard by the withdrawal of Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca because of doping accusations. At the halfway point, the race broke open when 25 riders sped off, including several riders with an outside shot at the title. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
* UCI to take action after reports say city will not pay up Sep 30, 2007
Another Italian rider, Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca, withdrew on Thursday after the Italian Olympic Committee recommended he be banned for four months for doping. This story has been viewed 120 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cycling, World Championships: Marta Bastianelli of Italy wins women's road race Sep 30, 2007
And Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca was taken off the team after the Italian Olympic Committee recommended a four-month doping suspension. "It was a difficult week, there were a lot of problems, a lot happening at the hotel, many people coming and going and we tried to stay calm," Bastianelli said. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Bettini cleared to race at worlds Sep 29, 2007
Then on Thursday evening, Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca pulled out of the world championships because of doping allegations. Di Luca withdrew from Sunday's highlight of the championships after the Italian Olympic Committee recommended the ProTour leader be banned for four months for doping. (CNN -- International)
Cycling: Struggle to the start line in Stuttgart's bicycling world championship Sep 29, 2007
Danilo Di Luca, the winner of the Giro d'Italia this year and the present ProTour leader, for a third. Not to overlook Erik Zabel, the star sprinter, and Eddy Merckx, the greatest racer of them all. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Ban recommended for Giro champion Sep 28, 2007
Italy's Danilo Di Luca celebrates after winning the 90th Giro d'Italia on June 3 ... ROME - Giro dItalia champion Danilo Di Luca withdrew from the world championships Thursday because of doping allegations, hours after the host city opened court proceedings to keep Paolo Bettini out of the road race. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Westhead leaves WNBA for SuperSonics Sep 28, 2007
Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca withdrew from the world championships because of doping allegations, hours after Stuttgart, Germany, the host city, opened court proceedings to keep Paolo Bettini out of the road race because he has refused to sign an anti-doping pledge. Meanwhile, Fabian Cancellara retained the men's time trial title at the world championships by covering the hilly, 27. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
* Di Luca faces exclusion from Sunday's road race Sep 28, 2007
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) was examining an abnormal test result for Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca yesterday that could result in the rider being excluded from Sunday's road race at the world championships. The Olympic committee found levels in Di Luca's system that normally correspond to a child in a surprise test taken during the 31-year-old rider's Giro win in June. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cycling: Fabian Cancellara retains men's time trial title at cycling world championships Sep 28, 2007
The organizers also want to exclude Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca over his alleged links to doping. The organizers have gone to a civil court to try to stop the two riders from competing. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Doping: Stuttgart world cycling championships host city goes to court to keep Bettini and Di Luca out Sep 27, 2007
Stuttgart sports commissioner Susanne Eisenmann also wants to keep Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca out because the Italian Olympic Committee is looking into his alleged links to doping. If an official investigation is opened ahead of Sunday, Di Luca could also be kept out by the International Cycling Union. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Route of 2008 Giro d'Italia to be unveiled in December Sep 25, 2007
Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca won this year's Giro and is expected to defend his title, pending the outcome of a doping hearing Thursday. . (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Results worldwide Sep 4, 2007
Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas same time; 4. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas; 5. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
After year hiatus, tennis hails return of Davenport as mom Aug 24, 2007
Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca faces a new hearing before the Italian Olympic Committee to answer doping allegations. The Olympic committee (CONI) said it had received documents from prosecutors in Pescara concerning an investigation of Di Luca and others. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Italy's Ballan claims crash-filled Cyclassics Aug 20, 2007
Race organizers were upset that Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca was allowed to enter despite an investigation in Italy for allegedly being involved in doping. Copyright 2007. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Cycling boss says Tour scaring away sponsors Aug 14, 2007
UCI chairman Pat McQuaid, center, is flanked by Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, left, and Danilo Di Luca, right, prior to the criterium in Surhuisterveen, The Netherlands on Aug. 7. . (MSNBC -- Sports)
Italian cyclist Cristian Moreni attends doping hearing after positive test at Tour Aug 8, 2007
Also Wednesday, Gazzetta reported that Giro winner Danilo Di Luca had been cleared of doping charges for the second time by a public prosecutor in a four-year-old probe known as the "Oil For Drugs" case. The criminal inquiry conducted in the east-coast town of Pescara, where Di Luca lives, was dropped on Monday, Gazzetta said. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca surprised by reports of new criminal investigation Aug 4, 2007
MILAN, Italy Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca will face a new criminal investigation for alleged involvement in doping, according to the Italian Olympic Committee. Di Luca was cleared of involvement on July 12 in a separate criminal inquiry into a four-year-old doping probe called the Oil for Drugs case. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Moreni summoned by anti-doping body Aug 2, 2007
Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca, who denies any wrongdoing, is waiting to hear if he faces any sanction for his links to Carlo Santuccione, a doctor accused of supplying doping products to athletes. Santuccione was due to appear before the anti-doping body today but CONI said he had informed the committee on Tuesday that he would not be attending. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Two-year ban for vaulter Gibilisco Jul 20, 2007
Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca, winner of this year's Giro D'Italia, is also accused of having worked with Santuccione and he too could be facing a two-year ban. AFP. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Former pole vault world champion Giuseppe Gibilisco appears at doping hearing Jul 18, 2007
Italian cyclists Danilo Di Luca and Eddy Mazzoleni the first and third-place finishers in this year's Giro d'Italia have also been questioned by Torri over their alleged links to Santuccione. Both deny doping. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca expects CONI to recommend ban in 'Oil For Drugs' case Jul 17, 2007
ROME: Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca expects the Italian Olympic Committee to recommend that he be banned from competition for alleged involvement in the "Oil For Drugs" case. "It's a possibility," Di Luca said Tuesday. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Di Luca confident after doping hearing Jul 14, 2007
Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca said he remained confident of being cleared of all wrongdoing after a meeting with the anti-doping wing of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI). "I explained everything I know. It was a cordial meeting and I feel confident for the future," Di Luca said outside CONI's headquarters in Rome. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Di Luca denies involvement in Oil for Drugs case in Italian Olympic Committee hearing Jul 14, 2007
ROME: Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca said he "knows nothing" about the Oil for Drugs case during a two-hour hearing before Italian anti-doping officials Saturday. "I explained everything that I knew. It was a cordial meeting. I'm very confident for my future," Di Luca told the ANSA news agency. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
BALCO lawyer gets 2 years for leaking Jul 13, 2007
Giro d'Italia cycling winner Danilo Di Luca was cleared of doping offenses by a public prosecutor. College basketball. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Di Luca cleared of doping in court hearing Jul 13, 2007
ROME (AP) -- Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca was cleared of doping offenses by a public prosecutor, his Liquigas team announced Thursday. Di Luca still faces a hearing before Italian Olympic Committee anti-doping prosecutor Ettori Torri on Saturday. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Cyclist Eddy Mazzoleni denies involvement in doping investigation, refuses to collaborate Jul 13, 2007
Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca faces a similar hearing before Torri on Saturday. Torri has already recommended a two-year ban for pole vaulter Giuseppe Gibilisco, whose case will be heard by the Italian athletics federation next week. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Under attackLandis pedaling uphill against accusers Jul 9, 2007
June 29: The Italian Olympic Committee says it will interview 2007 Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca and third-place Eddy Mazzoleni about their relationship with Dr. Carlo Santuccione. Mazzoleni has since been suspended for the Tour de France by the Astana team. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Petacchi faces one-year ban, set to miss Tour Jul 6, 2007
Giro winner Danilo Di Luca is due to appear before Torri a week on Saturday as part of a separate inquiry connected to a 2004 police investigation into possible doping. Di Luca, who was not due to race in the Tour, has said he has nothing to hide. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
