Damiano Cunego leaves Lampre-Merida for Nippo-Vini Fantini

Former Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego to study sports science degree while riding for Nippo-Vini Fantini

Damiano Cunego

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Damiano Cunego, winner of the 2004 Giro d'Italia, will step back after 10 years at the top level with team Lampre-Merida. The Italian will join Nippo-Vini Fantini, which is pushing for a spot as a UCI Professional Continental-level team, and enrol in Verona's university to study sports science.

"My wife, who studies medicine, encouraged me," Cunego told the Corriere della Sera newspaper. "The idea is to have a future as a sports coach."

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