 Nenzira iyi pasina kuoneka sokutungamirira, Risorgimento yaCavour yakapa hurongwa hwepfungwa dzezvematongerwe enyika dzakasununguka, dzebumbiro remitemo uye rusununguko kubva mukudzora kwokunze. Kubvira payakatanga, pepanhau racho rakanga richitsigira bumbiro remitemo raizopiwa naCarlo Alberto weSavoy, mambo weSardinia-Piedmont. Bumbiro remitemo rakapedzisira rava Statuto Albertino, iro rakatemerwa musi wa 8 Kukadzi 1848. Mharidzo dzaCavour dzakagadzirwa nemaonero akareba ekugadzirira Sardinia-Piedmont yebasa rinotungamira mukumuka kuri kuuya, uko kwakauya pamberi mune zviitiko zvekushanduka kwe1848-49. Semupepeti wepepanhau, Cavour akawana huwandu hukuru hwe pesvedzero mune zvematongerwo enyika zveSardinia; mune chinyorwa musi wa23 Kurume akasundira hondo yekudzinga maAustria kubva kuLombardy neVenice, uko kwakanga kuchipfuura shanduko yemaguta. Izvi zvakaratidza kuva njodzi kuhumambo nekukundwa kwayo kukuru paHondo yeNovara 1849. 