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Lorenzo Bernucci (born 15 September 1979 in
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 4th
Sarzana
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) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer
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. He rose to international prominence when he won stage 6 of the 2005 Tour de France
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, when riding for .
Career
He started his professional career with Landbouwkrediet-Colnago in 2002 before joiningFassa Bortolo
Fassa Bortolo (2000–2005) was a professional road bicycle racing team founded in 2000 and led by Giancarlo Ferretti. Dubbed the 'Silver Team', it managed to be one of the most successful teams of the era, not in the least due to top sprinter ...
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
Sibutramine, formerly sold under the brand name Meridia among others, is an appetite suppressant which has been discontinued in many countries. It works as a serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor similar to a tricyclic antidepressant. Un ...
. 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.
Major results
;1999 : 3rdGran Premio di Poggiana
The Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Poggiana, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour
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;2000
: 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
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: 3rd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 4th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
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Winners
Refe ...
;2001
: 2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana
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: 3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
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Held since 1967, it is the under-23 version of the Monument classic Paris–Roubaix ...
: 3rd Trofeo Piva
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: 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
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: 5th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
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Winners
Refe ...
: 7th GP Palio del Recioto
The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
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;2002
: 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
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: 10th Giro del Piemonte
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;2003
: 5th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo
The Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo was a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
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: 8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
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;2004
: 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
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: 6th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
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: 9th Giro delle Colline del Chianti
;2005
: 1st Stage 6 Tour de France
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: 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
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It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which c ...
: 3rd Züri-Metzgete
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: 3rd GP Fred Mengoni
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: 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
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: 5th GP Città di Camaiore
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: 5th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo
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: 8th Coppa Sabatini
The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, it was added to the UCI ProSeries
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: 8th Coppa Agostoni
The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed during World War II. It is also called ''Gir ...
;2006
: 2nd Overall Sachsen-Tour
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...
: 2nd Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
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;2007
: 6th Trofeo Sóller
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: 7th Trofeo Pollença
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: 8th Overall Danmark Rundt
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;2008
: 6th Firenze–Pistoia
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;2009
: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
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: 4th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
: 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna
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;2010
: 8th Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
See also
*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
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* List of doping cases in cycling
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References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernucci, Lorenzo 1979 births Living people People from Sarzana Italian male cyclists Italian Tour de France stage winners Doping cases in cycling Italian sportspeople in doping cases Cyclists from Liguria Sportspeople from the Province of La Spezia