CAS sets hearing dates for Di Luca, Petacchi

Danilo Di Luca's case will be heard by the international court of arbitration (CAS) in Lausanne on March 20, Sportwereld reports. This is in-between Tirreno-Adriatico and Milano-Sanremo. Di Luca will also be heard by CONI, the Italian national Olympic committee, on April 1, although the Italian rider for the LPR Brakes team had asked to move the date for this meeting up.

In the meantime, Alessandro Petacchi's CAS case has been rescheduled to April 2. It was initially to take place today, March 12. However, Petacchi is currently racing in Tirreno-Adriatico.