Cunego behind speedy Di Luca and Riccò

Damiano Cunego

Damiano Cunego (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

"I will be better in the last week," noted an exhausted Cunego on the top of Montevergine di Mercogliano. Three years ago he was standing in the same spot in a black and white striped jersey, one which he changed for the leader's Maglia Rosa on the podium only moments later. It was the rise of 'Il Piccolo Principe.'

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