Major results
- 2014
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2021
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Fernando Prestes Garnero |
| Born | 17 August 1983 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2015 | ECT–Taubaté |
| 2016–2017 | São Francisco-Saúde-Powerade-SMR |
| 2017 | ECT–Taubaté |
| 2020 | Memorial Santos Fupes |
| Professional team | |
| 2013–2015 | Funvic Brasilinvest–São José dos Campos |
Antonio Fernando Prestes Garnero (born 17 August 1983) is a Brazilian road cyclist. He competed in the road race at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, but did not finish. He also won the Brazilian National Road Race Championships in 2014. [1] [2]
In June 2022, Garnero missed the doping control [3] at the cycling amateur event GF Mont Ventoux. He admitted that the missed the control on his own Strava club, stating he didn't know he supposed to be there. He wasn't suspended for the matter.
In another amateur event shortly after, the stage race Haute Route Alpe d'Huez in July 2022, he was tested positive for the use EPO. [4] [5] The positive test was communicated by the French doping authority AFDL in August, when Garnero was riding the Haute Route Alpes. He confessed the fact straight away on his own Strava account. Haute Route immediately suspended him from the race.
According to Garnero, he had used the illegal substance because he suffered from "pre-anemic conditions". He also said his drug use was incidental.
Road race, National Road Championships
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