Lorenzo Bernucci

Lorenzo Bernucci (born 15 September 1979 in Sarzana) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. He turned professional in 2002 with Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, moved to Fassa Bortolo in 2005 and rose to international prominence that year by winning stage 6 of the Tour de France. When Fassa Bortolo folded at the end of 2005 he signed with T-Mobile, which dismissed him in September 2007 after he tested positive for sibutramine, a weight control drug he said he had taken for four years without knowing it had been added to the banned list in 2006. In 2011, after a raid on his house in 2010 found prohibited substances, he was banned from cycling for five years, and several members of his family were also banned.