Lorenzo Bernucci
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lorenzo Bernucci |
| Date of birth | December 15, 1979 |
| Country |  Italy |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb/11.3 st) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2002–2004 2005 2006–2007 |
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Fassa Bortolo T-Mobile Team |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France, 1 stage | |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| May 14, 2007 | |
Lorenzo Bernucci (born 15 September 1979 in Sarzana) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who, having been sacked by the T-Mobile Team, is without a team. He rose to international prominence when he won stage 6 of the 2005 Tour de France.
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.[1] 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.
[edit] Honours
- 2005
- Winner of the 6th stage in the Tour de France
- 4th in the Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd place in the 7th stage of the Tour de Suisse
