The UCI announced today that it has cleared Danilo Di Luca to compete again after receiving a payment of 173,600 Euros fr🥃om the Italian as a fine for his 2009 Giro d'Italia EPO positive𒉰.

However, Di Luca m🐠ust pay another 8,000 Euro in procedural costs by🀅 11 February, the UCI said.

Di Luca tested positive for EPO CERA on stages 11 and 18 of the 2009 Giro d'Italia, in which he💟 placed second to Denis Menchov. He had been subjecte♒d to targeted testing by the UCI as a result of his biological passport's blood profile.

It was the Italian's second doping offence after he served a three-month suspension in the 'Oil for Drugs' affair for working with a banned doctor🎐, Carlo Santuccione. Di Luca received a reduced sentence after an original recommendation for a three-year suspension was first dropped to two years before being reduced down to nine months after he cooperated with t⭕he Italian anti-doping authorities.

The UCI impose﷽d the 173,600 Euro fine based on his salary and the length of his b✃an.

Di Luca 𒆙signed with the Katusha team for the 2011 sea☂son.