- Lorenzo Bernucci
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Lorenzo Bernucci
image_caption =
fullname = Lorenzo Bernucci
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|12|15
country = ITA
height = height|m=1.83
weight = convert|72|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam =
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = All-rounder
amateurteams =
amateuryears =
proyears = 2002–2004
2005
2006–2007
proteams = Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
Fassa Bortolo
T-Mobile Team
majorwins = Tour de France, 1 stage
updated =May 14 ,2007 Lorenzo Bernucci (born
15 September ,1979 inSarzana ) is an Italian professionalroad bicycle racer , who, having been sacked by theT-Mobile Team , is without a team. He rose to international prominence when he won stage 6 of the2005 Tour de France .He started his professional career with
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago in 2002 before joiningFassa 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 forSibutramine . [cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/sep07/sep04news2 |title=T-Mobile fires Bernucci after positive test |work=Cyclingnews.com |accessdate=2007-09-04 |date=2007-09-04 ] 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.Honours
;2005 : Winner of the 6th stage in the
Tour de France : 4th in theTour de Luxembourg : 2nd place in the 7th stage of theTour de Suisse ee also
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List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
*List of doping cases in cycling References
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