Mar 23, 2006
Cungeo Takes Over at Coppi and Bartali
Damiano Cunego took the stage win and the overall GC lead at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi & Bartali. The stage finish in Fiorano is home to one of Ferrari Formula 1 team’s test tracks. It is also the site of Kid Cunego’s firt win of the season. Lampre have had a good run so far with Danilo Napolitano, Alessandro Balllan and Bennati chalking up early several wins already this year. Now, Cunego looks to be coming into winning form already in March.
The Lampre team helped launch Cunego to victory today by doing the pace making going into the finale. In the final sprint, “The Kid” beat out Luca Mazzanti, Massimo Giunti and Riccardo Riccò to take the win.