Lorenzo Bernucci

Lorenzo Bernucci

File:Lorenzo Bernucci.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Lorenzo Bernucci
Born	(1979-09-15) 15 September 1979 Sarzana, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Current team	Suspended
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2002–2004	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2005	Fassa Bortolo
2006–2007	T-Mobile Team
2009	LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini
2010	Lampre–Farnese Vini
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 stage
Infobox last updated on 14 August 2010

Lorenzo Bernucci (born 15 September 1979 in Sarzana) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently serving a suspension. He rose to international prominence when he won stage 6 of the 2005 Tour de France, when riding for Fassa Bortolo.

He started his professional career with Landbouwkrediet-Colnago in 2002 before joining Fassa Bortolo in 2005. Upon Fassa's demise at the end of 2005, Bernucci secured a contract with T-Mobile. Bernucci was fired from T-Mobile in September 2007 after testing positive for Sibutramine. Bernucci admitted to taking the weight control drug and said he had been taking it for four years, unaware it had been added to the list of banned substances in 2006. T-Mobile judged he had broken the internal code of conduct so fire him immediately. In February 2011, Bernucci was banned from cycling for five years. After his house was raided in 2010, prohibited substances were found and he was banned for 'the use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or method, as well as the possession of prohibited substances'. Several members of his family were also banned for either three or four years due to their involvement.

Honours

2005

Winner of the 6th stage in the Tour de France

4th in the Tour de Luxembourg

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
• List of doping cases in cycling

External links

• Lorenzo Bernucci at Cycling Archives