Petacchi hearing put back

ByReuters

Published 17/02/2008 at 17:54 GMT

Rider Alessandro Petacchi's doping case will go before the Court of Arbitration for Sport on April 2.

CYCLING 2008 Milram Petacchi

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CAS said last month the case would be dealt with on March 12 but a statement on the CONI website gave a new date.

CONI and the World Anti-Doping Agency are appealing the Italian Cycling Federation's decision last July to clear the sprinter in a doping row.

Petacchi tested positive for the controlled substance salbutamol during last year's Giro d'Italia, leading CONI's anti-doping prosecutor to request a one-year ban.

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