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==