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	Damiano Cunego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Damiano Cunego (born September 19, 1981) is an Italian professional cyclist.
		Cunego's stunning strength in the 2004 Giro was a surprise to fans and pundits alike, and came as a blow to the prestige of his then team captain Gilberto Simoni.
		In the 2005 Giro, Simoni and Cunego were co-captains of the Lampre-Caffita team in the 2005 Giro d'Italia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Damiano_Cunego (455 words)

	Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
		Cunego and the Saeco team had good reason to celebrate and the festivities climaxed in Cunego’s quiet home town of Cerro Veronese which was turned into a huge party as the town in the hills near Verona officially celebrated Cunego’s victory at the Giro d’Italia.
		Maglia Rosa Cunego and Gilberto Simoni in Milan.
		Cunego’s build up to the Vuelta Espana was perfect as the Giro winner took his 12th victory of the season at the GP Nobili Rubinetterie, winning the sprint to confirm his huge talent.
	www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=7257 (3734 words)

	Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling » Damiano Cunego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Damiano Cungeo can recall the glory days of 2004 when he won the Giro del Trentino and the GP Larciano on his way to a surprise victory in the Giro D’Italia.
		Damiano Cunego looks to have good form going into the Grio D’Italia as he was just beaten by winner Luca Mazzanti in the final sprint.
		Damiano Cunego took the stage win and the overall GC lead at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi & Bartali.
	velochimp.com /category/damiano-cunego (872 words)

	Gilberto Simoni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simoni failed to defend his title in the 2004 Giro d'Italia with the emergence of his teammate Damiano Cunego.
		The early part of the Giro saw Cunego lose significant time in the early mountain stages - later diagnosed with Epstein-Barr viral infection - firmly establishing Simoni as the team leader for the Giro.
		After a strong performance in which he finished second in the Giro di Lombardia (which was won by Cunego in the previous edition), Simoni signed a contract to join Saunier Duval-Prodir.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gilberto_Simoni (817 words)

	Paul Sherwen - Giro 04 - OLN
		Cunego burst onto the scene this year really only four weeks before the start of the Giro with a string of wins in the Giro del Trentino.
		Damiano Cunego shouldn't be too disappointed with his ride on the first day after the rest day, despite having some bad mechanical problems.
		Simoni and Cunego will now be planning the next step in their campaign, as they prepare for a very difficult and challenging last week of the race.
	ww2.olntv.com /htmlpage.asp?htmlid=263 (5460 words)

	CNN.com - Cunego struggling to make Tour bow - Jun 9, 2005
		MILAN, Italy -- Damiano Cunego's eagerly awaited debut in the Tour de France is hanging in the balance as the Italian recovers from a viral infection.
		Officials at Cunego's team, Lampre-Caffita, said Thursday the infection, mononucleosis, that weakened the cyclist during the just-concluded Giro d'Italia was still present.
		Cunego, 23, a surprise winner of the 2004 Giro, was a big disappointment in the Italian race this year, finishing over 24 minutes behind the winner Paolo Savoldelli, a team-mate of Armstrong.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/06/09/italy.cunego (312 words)

	Tour de France 2006: Damiano Cunego Archives
		Damiano Cunego solidified his hold on the white jersey, now 36 seconds ahead of Gerolsteiner's Marcus Fothen, with a 10th-place finish on the day.
		Damiano Cunego climbed much of the final ascent on his own, down around 9th place, then caught and passed Simoni in the day's last meters, to finish 7th on the day at :41, improving to 5th overall.
		Damiano Cunego, who was best able to hang with Basso on Sunday's first big climb of the Giro, lost 5:06 (!) to Basso in today's TT, and Gilberto Simoni and Danilo Di Luca did only slightly better.
	www.tdfblog.com /damiano_cunego (8574 words)

	ESPN.com - Botero slips past Cunego to win Tour de Romandie
		Botero came into the final stage three seconds behind Cunego in the race for the overall title, but showed the same form over Lausanne's hilly course that he did in winning the time trial at the road cycling World Championships three years ago.
		Despite placing second, Cunego said he was satisfied with the result and considered this a good morale boost for the next race, the Giro d'Italia.
		Cunego's compatriot Danilo Di Luca, who did not take part in the six-day Swiss race, retained the overall lead in the seasonlong ProTour competition.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2051125&type=story (379 words)

	Active.com - Cunego expected to skip Tour de France
		ROME - Italy's Damiano Cunego was expected to announce Tuesday that he will skip the Tour de France while recovering from mononucleosis.
		The 23-year-old Cunego, last season's cycling revelation after winning the Giro d'Italia and finishing the year with the top UCI ranking, was diagnosed with the virus after a lackluster performance in this year's Giro.
		Cunego, who recorded 13 wins in 2004, is a good climber and was hoping to challenge Lance Armstrong in mountain stages of the French race.
	active.com /story.cfm?story_id=11893&sidebar=727&category=tdf2005_index (232 words)

	Wednesday's EuroFile: Cunego again at Trentino; Danielson looks to Romandie; Ullrich back; Changes in cyclo-cross
		Just in case anyone thought Tuesday's victory was a fluke, Italian Damiano Cunego (Saeco) won Wednesday's demanding five-climb second stage to secure his hold on the leader's jersey in the Giro di Trentino.
		Cunego, the 1999 junior world champion, shot off alone to win the 171km second stage to win in 4 hours, 50 minutes, 23 seconds.
		Damiano Cunego's breakthrough victory in the opening stage of the Tour of Trentino in Italy on Tuesday confirmed his rising star status on his Saeco team.
	www.velonews.com /race/int/articles/5922.0.html (768 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com presents the 87th Giro d'Italia, 2004
		Cunego was gaining ground as Eddy Mazzoleni had dropped off the break to wait for his teammate at the KOM, while Saeco's other front rider Tonti remained ahead.
		Cunego had gained 3'00 since his attack while Miholjevic and Tonkov were riding at the front on the gruppo Maglia Rosa.
		Cunego had 3'05 on gruppo Simoni, with Popovych at 3'15 and Nocentini, who had managed to hang on to the Saeco youngster gapped the rest of the break.
	www.cyclingnews.com /road/2004/giro04/?id=results/stage16 (2542 words)

	damiano cunego
		Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) officially finished his 2006 with the 15th Trofeo Melinda, a race he won last year before traveling east to win the Japan Cup.
		Cunego was scheduled to race the Giro del Veneto and the Trofeo Melinda, and also competing for a spot on Squadra Azzurra, but all those plans have been dashed for a well earned rest.
		Damiano Cunego stayed with the best riders until the last 2 kms, but he was too tired to struggle for the victory, and so Giuliano Figueras tried to obtain a good result: he finished 4th at 4” from Garzelli, while Cunego obtained the 27th place.
	chabacano.blog.com (2320 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Cunego wins crucial stage in the Alps, strengthens overall lead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Italy's Damiano Damiano Cunego won the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia through the Alps on Friday to strengthen his lead in the Italian cycling race.
		BORMIO, Italy – Damiano Cunego won the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia through the Alps on Friday to strengthen his lead in the Italian cycling race.
		Cunego retained the pink jersey of race leader for the third consecutive day with two stages to go – a tough mountainous leg Saturday and a flat last leg ending in Milan on Sunday.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040528-1049-cyc-giroditalia.html (212 words)

	CNN.com - Cunego victorious in comeback race - Aug 24, 2005
		Cunego beat Ukraine's Ruslan Pidgorny in a sprint finish, covering the 184km in four hours, 34 minutes, 20 seconds.
		Cunego was diagnosed with mononucleosis after a lackluster performance in the Giro d'Italia in May - forcing him to miss the Tour de France.
		Cunego, who said he will only enter races in Italy for the rest of the season, is targeting the Giro del Lombardia in October.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/08/24/cycling.cunego (261 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The name "Cunego" is derived from "Koenig", German for king and after his Giro d'Italia win at 22 years old, Damiano Cunego was coronated yesterday in Milano.
		Damiano Cunego will turn 23 on 19 September and after playing youth hockey with the Bosco Chiesanuova team from 9 to 11 years old, and running cross country, where he was 3rd in the Italian schools championship in 1995, he found he enjoyed riding his mountain bike with friends.
		After his 23rd birthday this September, Cunego will be looking to put on a show at the world road championships in front of his hometown tifosi in Verona on the same Torricelle circuit where he won the junior world's in 1999.
	deepquote.net /s1v2i6f4bsjl (1917 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Cunego wins Giro d'Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		MILAN, Italy – Italy's Damiano Cunego won the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, holding a two-minute lead over his closest opponents at the end of the 20-stage cycling race.
		Cunego and Petacchi had time to toast with champagne while pedaling in front of TV cameras.
		Cunego captured four stages and held the pink jersey as race leader for 12 days in dethroning Saeco captain and defending champion Gilberto Simoni.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040530-0846-cyc-giroditalia.html (174 words)

	OLYMPICS - CBS SportsLine.com
		FALZES, Italy -- Italy's Damiano Cunego won the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday to regain the overall lead from Ukraine's Yaroslav Popovych.
		Cunego beat Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini by 76 seconds after the first of four consecutive uphill stages in the Alps that are expected to decide the winner.
		Cunego won a stage for the third time in this Giro, regaining the pink jersey he had worn for six legs last week.
	cbs.sportsline.com /olympics/story/7358848 (276 words)

	Cannondale Latest Word (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		However Saeco were in full control when first Gorazd Stangelj attacked alone and then Damiano Cunego shook the race near the top of the climb with a clearly on form Gilberto Simoni on his wheel.
		First Eddy Mazzoleni lead him with an impressive turn of speed and then Cunego powered to the line to take his sixth win of an incredible season, one that is crowning him as the big revelation of cycling and one to watch both in this Giro and in the future.
		Damiano knows this but is also intelligent enough to know he has time on his side.
	www.cannondale.com /bikes/bikeword/add_news_149.html (534 words)

	Rudy Project North America Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cunego wore Rudy Project technically cool eyewear and helmets throughout the race.
		In addition to Cunego’s top placing, Rudy Project/Saeco’s triumph was completed by Gilberto Simoni who came in third, with five individual stages and dominated the race strategy for the winner’s team members.
		Damiano Cunego is only 22 and everyone was amazed by his power, constancy and management of the race during the 21 days of the Giro d’Italia.
	www.rudyprojectusa.com /press/pressreleases/060104.htm (423 words)

	Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling » Blog Archive » Cunego Vs Basso: Let The Hype Begin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Damiano Cunego wrapped up the overall victory in the Settimana Internazionale Ciclistica Coppi e Bartali.
		The sprint that Cunego unleashed was enough to give him a gap of a few bike lengths.
		Plus is Cunego can stay healthy and injury free to the Giro run up he should come in as a top favorite.
	velochimp.com /2006/03/26/cunego-and-basso-face-off (656 words)

	BiciRace.com :: Interviews :: Damiano Cunego
		Damiano Cunego blasted to cycling stardom in 2004, when at the age of 22 years he won the Giro d'Italia and Italy's other big monument, Giro di Lombardia.
		Now, two years wiser, il Piccolo Principe is facing a new season with additional confidence and strength, as shown by his recent win in the Coppi e Bartali.
		Cunego turned pro in 2002 at 20 years-old with Saeco.
	www.bicirace.com /interview/2006/CunegoDamiano.html (1025 words)

	Comunicato stampa Mondiali Ciclismo 2004 - 2004 Cycling World Championships Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the meantime Damiano gives as a present to his own - and to all his fans - a T-shirt and a cap branded “Mondiali Ciclismo” and just signed by his own, the last “Maglia Rosa”.
		Da sabato prossimo il merchandising dei Mondiali comprenderà, dunque, una linea di prodotti “Damiano Cunego” realizzata da NCP Group, licenziatario ufficiale dei Mondiali di Ciclismo.
		T-shirt e cappellino “Cunego and Mondiali Ciclismo” rappresentano, per Damiano, i primi articoli di merchandising personale.
	www.bikecafe.net /Press/PR.6.15.04Mondiali.asp (483 words)

	Damiano Cunego, the next ...
		While I agree that it is overworked you apparently missed this year's Giro.
		Cunego showed surpassing power, not a good luck win.
		And in fact Damiano is a blue eyed blond.
	www.cyclingforums.com /t-158335-15-1.html (1135 words)

	Cannondale Latest Word (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Damiano Cunego è l'uomo del giorno, una specie di nuovo messia calato sul ciclismo in cerca di nuovi idoli.
		Damiano Cunego vincendo allo sprint sul traguardo di Montevergine di Mercogliano, conquista non solo la settima vittoria in meno di un mese, ma veste per la prima volta in carriera la maglia rosa.
		Secondo Damiano Cunego, l'allievo che presto sarà degno del maestro.
	fr.cannondale.com /bikes/bikeword/it_q2_2004.html (2686 words)

	Serotta Competition Bicycle Forums - Damiano Cunego - Future TdeF Winner?? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cunego has to be a rider that Lance, Jan, and company keep an eye on.
		Damiano Cunego's team directors decided long before this Giro began that he would not race the Tour de France this year, but his success in the Giro leaves little doubt of his promise for the future.
		Five-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong, who took advantage of some time in Italy to train on the Mortirolo and kept a close eye on the racing, told the Italian press that Cunego could well be his successor for the Tour.
	www.serotta.com /forum/printthread.php?t=2697 (553 words)

	BiciRace.com :: News :: November 2005
		Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffita) approaches this winter more relaxed and a year older.
		In 2004 Cunego had his grand debut on the cycling scene by winning two of cycling's monuments: the Giro d'Italia and the Giro di Lombardia.
		This past season was a year of difficulties due to mononucleosis, but the Verona rider slowly came back, ending with a win in the Japan Cup.
	www.bicirace.com /news/2005/20051102.html (530 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport... \| Cycling \| Damiano Cunego
		The last rider to win the Tour de France on debut was Laurent Fignon in 1983, but Damiano Cunego will be aiming to emulate the Frenchman in 2006.
		Cunego already has one major tour victory under his belt - last year's Giro d'Italia.
		On that occasion it was the since deceased Marco Pantani, who had also won the Giro that year - a feat Cunego had been endeavouring to achieve this season but failed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/4100614.stm (198 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ukraine cyclists dominate 13th stage of Giro d'Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Popovych took the leader's pink jersey from Italy's Damiano Cunego, who dropped to sixth place.
		Defending champion Gilberto Simoni, Cunego's countryman and teammate, bruised his arm and hand in a spill and dropped to fourth overall.
		Cunego was 3:02 behind in the stage, losing the overall lead after holding it for six days.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/cycling/2004-05-22-giro_x.htm (326 words)

	» Damiano Cunego 2006 Tour de France Pro Cycling Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Their was the usual suicide breakaway early that featured five somewhat unknown riders, at one time these brave men had gained over 5 minutes on the peleton.
		However as the final climb drew near the Lampre boys fancied their leader Damiano Cunego and reduced the lead to seconds by the final kilometer.
		L'interesse di Damiano Cunego per il Tour, comunque, rivolto, soprattutto, a Ivan Basso.
	www.yellow-jersey.net /blog/category/riders/damiano-cunego (1312 words)

	Damiano Cunego officially out for Tour de France
		Damiano Cunego officially out for Tour de France
		MILANO, Jun 21 (CP) - 2004 Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego will definitely not appear at the Tour de France, which is to start on July 2nd.
		Cunego showed a disappointing performance in the recent Giro, and was forced to take the role of helper, assisting teammate Gilberto Simoni.
	www.cyclingpost.com /tour/article_00667.shtml (166 words)

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