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By Cycling News published 13 May 2006

Lampre-Fondital's "Little Prince" Damiano Cunego got to meet a real member of nobility yesterday. In...

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Lampre-Fondital's "Little Prince" Damiano Cunego got to meet a real member of nobility yesterday. In the evening after the team time trial, Cunego and the team received Prince Diofebo Meli Lupi di Soragna.

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