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Leonardo Bertagnolli

Leonardo Bertagnolli
Leonardo Bertagnolli 2006.jpg
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Bertagnolli
Born (1978-01-08) 8 January 1978 (age 39)
Trento, Italy
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2002–2004 Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Longoni Sport
2005–2006 Cofidis
2007–2008 Liquigas
2009 Amica Chips–Knauf
2009–2010 Diquigiovanni–Androni
2011–2012 Lampre–ISD
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 stage (2009)
Vuelta a España
1 stage (2005)

Stage races

Tour du Haut-Var (2006)

One-day races and Classics

Clásica de San Sebastián (2007)

Other

Trittico Lombardo (2004, 2008)

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

Other

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. He signed for Amica Chips–Knauf, a new team in the 2009 season, though he rode for Diquigiovanni–Androni in the 2009 Giro d'Italia. It was unclear if Bertagnolli switched teams before Amica Chips–Knauf's mid-season collapse or after, and whether he continued with Diquigiovanni–Androni after the Giro or briefly returned to Amica Chips–Knauf.

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 1 January 2003 to 18 May 2011.



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