Cannondale Chairside Chats: Damiano Caruso (part one)

We’ve asked his Cannondale Pro Cycling team mates who’s the best looking rider and who they’d date if they were a woman. The response has been unreserved: Damiano Caruso. Hailed as the typical southern Italian Latin lover, we find the recently married Damiano reluctant to blow his own trumpet. Indeed, he seems almost embarrassed at the attention. G4 caught up with him recently when he was leading #thegreenmachine at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco.

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G4: You spend a lot of time in team kit. What do you particularly look for in your team casual wear?

DC: I like the colours, they go well with blue jeans and I particularly like that all the clothes are slim fitting. It’s important. I don’t like clothes to be too loose. I think the lightweight jacket and the tracksuit are very smart. We need to look good, look the part of a professional athlete, when we’re representing the team.

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G4: Do you find it easy to remain at your ideal racing weight? Are there any things you typically avoid eating or any dietary tips you’d like to share with us?

DC: I eat everything, but only in small portions.

G4: I think that’s where I’m going wrong – portion control.

DC: Laughs!

G4: What are you like as a roommate? If I were to ask your team mates about you what would they say?

DC: They’d say that I’m very chatty. I have an open and positive personality. That goes pretty much for life in general. And, of course, I’m very neat and tidy.

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G4: Okay, so how much mirror time does your room mate get?

DC: I really don’t spend too much time in front of the mirror. I don’t like to look as if I’ve tried too hard.

G4: Ah, striving to look effortlessly chic. Good strategy.

Parts two and three of our chat follow on consecutive days and then we finish up with Petra posing the questions in Italian and English on video.

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