ROME (AP) -- Italian cyclist Cristian Moreni, who tested positive for testosterone at the Tour de France, was questioned by Italian Olympic Committee anti-doping prosecutors Wednesday.

Traces of the hormone were found in the 34-year-old rider's sample following the 11th stage of the race on July 19.

Moreni immediately acknowledged drug use when the positive case was announced on July 25, forcing the withdrawal of his Cofidis team.

At the end of the 30-minute hearing, Moreni's lawyer said he did not believe the rider would face further questioning. It was unclear when a verdict would be announced.

Moreni faces a two-year ban.

Another Italian rider, Leonardo Piepoli, was questioned by an anti-doping commission in Monte Carlo on Tuesday about his suspect test at the Giro d'Italia.

The 35-year-old Piepoli returned a "non negative" test for the asthma drug salbutamol after the 17th leg of the 21-stage race.

"We have never contested the (elevated) levels (of salbutamol)," Piepoli said in Wednesday's Gazzetta dello Sport. "But I repeat that my certificates do not limit the use of Ventolin."

Elevated levels of salbutamol, which is commonly sold under the trade name Ventolin, can have performance-enhancing effects.

Piepoli, who is a resident of Monte Carlo, won one stage during the Giro and finished 14th overall.

He risks a ban of up to two years. A ruling is expected by Friday.

Piepoli was provisionally included in his Saunier Duval team's lineup for the Deutschland Tour, which runs Aug. 10-18.

Also Wednesday, Gazzetta reported that Giro winner Danilo Di Luca had been cleared of doping charges for the second time by a public prosecutor in a four-year-old probe known as the "Oil For Drugs" case.

The criminal inquiry conducted in the east-coast town of Pescara, where Di Luca lives, was dropped on Monday, Gazzetta said.

Neither Di Luca's lawyer nor the Pescara prosecutor's office could be reached to confirm the report.

The same prosecutor's office also dismissed a separate investigation into the rider's alleged involvement in the case on July 12.

The probe began in 2003 when Italian authorities started looking into the relationships between several doctors and athletes -- among them, Di Luca, who is alleged to have received doping products from Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione.

Di Luca still faces possible sanctions by sports authorities: CONI anti-doping prosecutors, who questioned him last month, decided to postpone their verdict Friday until they have reviewed evidence from the new inquiry.

"I hope (CONI chief anti-doping) prosecutor (Ettore) Torri dismisses the case in the end," Di Luca was quoted as saying by Gazzetta. "And anyway, even if that doesn't happen, I am confident of being cleared like (Alessandro) Petacchi."

Petacchi was cleared of doping charges at the Giro by the Italian cycling federation last week.