UCI asks CAS to overturn Swiss decision on Ullrich

The International Cycling Union has asked sport's highest court to force the Swiss Olympic Committee to resume its doping probe against German rider Jan Ullrich.

UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani says cycling's governing body filed its protest to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Officials at the tribunal were unable to immediately comment Friday.

UCI says the Swiss were wrong to stop investigating the 1997 Tour de France champion, who was barred from the event in 2006 because of suspicions of a link with the Operation Puerto doping ring.

Ullrich was investigated by the Swiss because he lives in Switzerland and held a license there until his retirement in February 2007.