Lorenzo Bernucci (born 15 September, 1979 in Sarzana) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini. He rose to international prominence when he won stage 6 of the 2005 Tour de France, when riding for T-Mobile Team
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 f...
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Lorenzo Bernucci (born 15 September, 1979 in Sarzana) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini. He rose to international prominence when he won stage 6 of the 2005 Tour de France, when riding for T-Mobile Team
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. 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.
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