Lorenzo Bernucci

{{short description|Italian professional road bicycle racer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Lorenzo Bernucci

| image = Lorenzo Bernucci.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Lorenzo Bernucci

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|9|15}}

| birth_place = Sarzana, Italy

| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = All-rounder

| proyears1 = 2002–2004

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|LAN|2002}}

| proyears2 = 2005

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|FAS|2005}}

| proyears3 = 2006–2007

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|THR|2006}}

| proyears4 = 2009

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|LPR|2009}}

| proyears5 = 2010

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|LAM|2010}}

| majorwins = 1 stage Tour de France (2005)

}}

Lorenzo Bernucci (born 15 September 1979 in Sarzana) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He rose to international prominence when he won stage 6 of the 2005 Tour de France, when riding for {{UCI team code|FAS|2005}}.

Career

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.{{cite news |url=http://autobus.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.

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/7347/Bernucci-handed-five-year-ban-four-family-members-also-hit-by-sanctions.aspx |title=Bernucci handed five year ban, four family members also hit by sanctions |work=Velonation.com |accessdate=2011-07-19 |date=2011-07-19}}

Major results

;1999

: 3rd Gran Premio di Poggiana

;2000

: 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione

: 1st Coppa Città di San Daniele

: 3rd 15px Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

: 4th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

;2001

: 2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana

: 3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

: 3rd Trofeo Piva

: 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23

: 5th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

: 7th GP Palio del Recioto

;2002

: 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges

: 10th Giro del Piemonte

;2003

: 5th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo

: 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

;2004

: 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia

: 6th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne

: 9th Giro delle Colline del Chianti

;2005

: 1st Stage 6 Tour de France

: 2nd Tre Valli Varesine

: 3rd Züri-Metzgete

: 3rd GP Fred Mengoni

: 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

: 5th GP Città di Camaiore

: 5th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo

: 8th Coppa Sabatini

: 8th Coppa Ugo Agostoni

;2006

: 2nd Overall Sachsen-Tour

: 2nd Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova

;2007

: 6th Trofeo Sóller

: 7th Trofeo Pollença

: 8th Overall Danmark Rundt

;2008

: 6th Firenze–Pistoia

;2009

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda

: 4th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto

: 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna

;2010

: 8th Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

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