The final Giro d'Italia podium. (L-R) Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Franco Pe🥂llizoဣtti (Liquigas).(Image credit: Sirotti)
Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Danilo Di Luca and the International Cycling Union (UCI) have denied claims made on Monday that the Italian is being investigated under the UCI's biological🔯 passport programꦕ.
Spanish sports daily AS reported that the UCI was investiga💫ting results of doping tests undert🥂aken by Di Luca at May's Giro d'Italia that did not match data complied as part of the rider's biological passport.
Di Luca, a winner of two stages and second overall at this year's Giro, said he was unaware of any investigation taking place. The Italian told Cyclingnews that he had been in conta𒐪ct with the UCI over the matter and that they had confirmed🏅 to him that there were no problems with his test results from the Giro.
President of the UCI, Pat McQuaid, denied on Monday afternoon that the sports governing 🔴body, as far as he was aware, was placing Di Luca under any s𝄹crutiny.
Di Luca has instructed his lawyers to contact AS in relation to their allegations.
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