Leonardo Bertagnolli (born 8 January 1978 in Trento) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 2002 and 2012.
Career Bertagnolli turned professional in 2002 with .
He signed for , a new team in the 2009 season, though he switched teams to prior to the start of the Giro d'Italia.
Bertagnolli announced his retirement from the sport after competing in the Italian National Championships in June 2012. It later emerged that the Union Cycliste Internationale had launched disciplinary proceedings into Bertagnolli, in the light of an alleged anti-doping violation via his biological passport, and he was given a sanction of 2 years and ten months as well as disqualified from results between 1 January 2003 to 18 May 2011.
Cancelled results
2004 1st Coppa Placci 1st Coppa Agostoni 1st Giro dell'Etna 2005 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 3 Tour du Limousin 2006 1st Tour du Haut Var 1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico 2007 1st Clasica de San Sebastián 1st Memorial Cimurri 4th Overall Deutschland Tour 2008 1st Intaka Tech Worlds View Challenge #2 2009 1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 2 Brixia Tour 2010 1st Stage 3 Tour of Austria 2nd Overall Trofeo Matteotti 3rd Coppa Sabatini
References
External links Bertagnollis Witness statement