Marco Fertonani

Marco Fertonani

Personal information
Full name	Marco Fertonani
Born	July 8, 1976 (1976-07-08) (age 35)  Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	66 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Suspended
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2002–2004 2005 2006–2007	Phonak Domina Vacanze Caisse d'Epargne
Infobox last updated on August 13, 2007

Marco Fertonani (born July 8, 1976 in Genoa) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer. In 2007 he tested positive for using testosterone.^[1]

Professional career

Fertonani tested positive for using testosterone during the 2007 Tour Méditerranéen and was immediately suspended by the team, although Fertonani has decided to fight the case, citing errors in the testing procedure at the laboratory.^[2]

Palmares

• Vuelta a Castilla y León - 1 stage (2006)
• 2005 Tour de Romandie - 5th
• Tour of Qinghai Lake - 1 stage (2004)
• 2004 Giro d'Italia - 55th

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling
• List of doping cases in sport

References

1. ^ "Fertonani blames lab for test results". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-07-18. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul18news2. Retrieved 2007-08-14. 
2. ^ "Fertonani fights doping case". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-08-13. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug13news. Retrieved 2007-08-14. 

External links

• Marco Fertonani at Trap-Friis.dk

Persondata
Name	Fertonani, Marco
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1976-07-08
Place of birth	Genoa, Italy
Date of death
Place of death