Damiano Cunego

Damiano Cunego

Cunego at the 2006 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name	Damiano Cunego
Nickname	Il Piccolo Principe (The Little Prince), L'Astore del Montello (The Goshawk of the Montello)
Born	(1981-09-19) 19 September 1981 (age 42) Cerro Veronese, Italy
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber Puncheur
Amateur teams
1997–1999	Gaiga–Gore Tex
2000–2001	Zalf–Euromobil–Fior
Professional teams
2002–2004	Saeco–Longoni Sport
2005–2014	Lampre–Caffita
2015–2018	Nippo–Vini Fantini[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia General classification (2004) 4 individual stages (2004) Tour de France Young rider classification (2006) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (2009) Stage races Tour of Qinghai Lake (2003) Giro del Trentino (2004, 2006, 2007) One-day races and Classics Giro di Lombardia (2004, 2007, 2008) Amstel Gold Race (2008) Japan Cup (2005, 2008)
Medal record Representing  Italy Men's road bicycle racing UCI Road World Championships 2008 Varese Men's road race

Damiano Cunego (born 19 September 1981) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist,^[2] who rode professionally between 2002 and 2018 for the Saeco, Lampre–Merida and Nippo–Vini Fantini–Europa Ovini teams.

Cunego's biggest wins were the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007 and 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the 2008 UCI ProTour. Primarily a climber, he improved his time-trialing and was characterized by great sprinting ability, unusual for a climber.