Cyclist Schumacher seeks to overturn 2-year ban

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Cyclist Stefan Schumacher has made his case to overturn a two-year worldwide ban for doping at the 2008 Tour de France.

The 28-year-old German gave evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday in his appeal against a suspension imposed by the International Cycling Union.

A verdict is expected later this year.

Schumacher won two time trial stages at last year's Tour and led the race for two days.

Two months later the French anti-doping authority used a new test to find traces of the banned hormone CERA in Schumacher's blood samples taken before and during the race.

It banned Schumacher from racing in France for two years. The UCI later extended the ban worldwide until January 2011.

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