Controversial Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca won the Settimana Lombardia race following the sixth and final stage over 162.7km around Bergamo.

LPR team-mates Paolo Savoldelli and Daniele Pietropolli finished second and third respectively.

Italy's Francesco Failli of the Acqua e Sapone team, who have not been invited to compete in the Tour of Italy from May 10 to June 1, won the stage in a sprint finish.

It was the 43rd career win for 32-year-old Di Luca, the reigning Tour of Italy champion.

Di Luca is currently embroiled in an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have a three-month suspension he served for a doping offence last year overturned.

He is also involved in another doping case with the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) requesting a two-year ban against Di Luca for providing an abnormal doping test during last year's Giro.

AFP / Eurosport