GENEVA, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti was banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday. The CAS overturned an earlier ruling by Italy's anti-doping committee.

The CAS said it had partially upheld an appeal by cycling's governing body, the UCI, against the Italian decision on a doping charge.

The CAS added it "has imposed a two-year ban on the athlete starting on 3 May 2010, as well as the disqualification of all his results obtained as from 7 May 2009."

Pellizotti was also ordered to pay the UCI 115,000 euros (161,000 dollars) as a "financial sanction".

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