Damiano Cunego (Nippo Vini Fantini) is the leader of mountain’s competition at the Giro d’Italia and is determined to defend the blue jersey during Saturday’s spectacular stage in the Dolomites.
The Italian won the Giro d’Italia in 2004 and was affectionately nicknamed the ‘Piccolo Principe – Little Prince’ after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s popular book.
After an often difficult voyage of discovery and maturity since his early success, Cunego is enjoying a renaissance at Nippo Vini Fantini this season. He had not been on the Giro d’Italia podium for a decade before taking the blue jersey but seems to be enjoying himself again, despite suffering as he chases every mountain point on offer.
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“I’ve got a lot on my plate, with the jersey and trying to win a stage, it means a lot of hard racing but I’m enjoying it all. It’s good to be back,” he told Cyclingnews.
I’ve kept the jersey but it’s getting harder as we go more and more into the big mountain stages and other riders decide to go the climber’s competition. The stage in the Dolomites is a big day, with lots of points up for grabs on the six climbs. I can perhaps lose the jersey but I’ll keep fighting.”
Stage 14 from Alpago to Corvara has rightly been described as the Queen stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia. It will be the most spectacular stage of the race and also one of the hardest, with six major climbs packed into the final 120km of the 210km stage.
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