Cycling: Why me and not Armstrong? asks barred Tour de France rider Di Luca

ROME : Top Italian cyclist Danilo di Luca has added to pre-Tour de France doping controversies by asking race orgainsiers why he should be barred from next week's race, and not American Lance Armstrong.

Di Luca, who rides for the Saeco team, is one of three Italian riders being investigated by police who claim to have evidence after tapping phone lines that he has been doping.

The Italian could be ruled out of the race along with a handful of cyclists who have been recently implicated in doping affairs.