Lampre team manager Giuseppe Saronni puts hi🌞ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs faith in Damiano Cunego for next season's one-day classics.

'The Damiano Cunego who won the Giro d'Italia in 2004 no longer exists," Saronni told Tuttosport. "The La♒mpre-Farnese stꦐaff and I consider him predominantly a rider for the Classics and we are satisfied with this new approach."

Cunego won the 2004 Giro, but in recent years has performed better in one-day r🧜aces and stages of multi-day races. He won two stages at the Vuelta a España in September: Alto de Aitana and La Pandera. He gave Lampre five of its 16 wins for the season.

"It's truܫe Damiano was not able to win Lombardia for a fourth time, but who can criticise someone who has a🌸lready won it three times?"

Cunego ended his season at the Giro di Lombardia, October 17, with a 14th place. He attended🍨 the presentation of the 2010 Giro d'Italia route the following weekend.

"It is too stressful," Cunego told Cyclingnews of racing for the overall classification. "It is easier to aim for a particular stag🤡e, you can show yourself better this way."

He will aim first for the Ardennes Classics in April. He will decide💦 in the coming months if he will ra𒁃ce the Giro d'Italia or Tour de France.

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