Lorenzo Bernucci

Lorenzo Bernucci
Personal information
Full name	Lorenzo Bernucci
Born	15 September 1979 (age 46); Sarzana, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2002–2004	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2005	Fassa Bortolo
2006–2007	T-Mobile Team
2009	LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini
2010	Lampre–Farnese Vini
Major wins
	1 stage Tour de France (2005)

Last updated November 02, 2025

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 Fassa Bortolo.

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.^[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.

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.^[2]

Major results

1999: 3rd Gran Premio di Poggiana
2000: 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione; 1st Coppa Città di San Daniele; 3rd 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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Giro d'Italia	76	71	—	—	—	64
Tour de France	—	—	—	62	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	86	DNF	DNF

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

↑ "T-Mobile fires Bernucci after positive test". Cyclingnews.com. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
↑ "Bernucci handed five year ban, four family members also hit by sanctions". Velonation.com. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

External links

Lorenzo Bernucci at Cycling Archives ( archive )

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[1] "T-Mobile fires Bernucci after positive test". Cyclingnews.com. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.

[2] "Bernucci handed five year ban, four family members also hit by sanctions". Velonation.com. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

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