Gianni Moscon (born 20 April 1994) is an Italian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[6] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the road race.[7]
.JPG) Moscon at the 2016 Nokere Koerse | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Il Trattore (The Tractor)[1] |
| Born | 20 April 1994 Trento, Italy |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Soudal–Quick-Step |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Amateur team | |
| 2013–2015 | Zalf–Euromobil–Désirée–Fior[2] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2016–2021 | Team Sky[3][4] |
| 2022–2023 | Astana Qazaqstan Team[5] |
| 2024– | Soudal–Quick-Step |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
| |
Early life and career
editMoscon grew up in the apple farms north of Trento in Trentino in the north of Italy. This led to him being given the nickname "Il Trattore", which translates to "The Tractor".[8]
Professional career
editTeam Sky (2016–2021)
editIn September 2015, it was announced that he had signed a professional contract with Team Sky for the 2016 season.[9] This followed a recommendation from Fausto Pinarello, of the company who manufacture the team's bicycles, who had seen Moscon winning amateur races and spoke about him to Sky sport director Dario Cioni.[8]
Moscon recorded his first professional victory at the Arctic Race of Norway when he won the queen stage. He later went on to win the general classification, as well as the youth classification. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[10] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[11]
Controversy
editRacism and suspension
editDuring the 2017 Tour de Romandie, Moscon racially abused French cyclist Kévin Reza.[12] He was suspended from racing with Team Sky for six weeks. The team indicated that any further behavioural incidents would result in Moscon's contract being terminated.[13]
Moscon was also accused of purposefully crashing FDJ rider Sébastien Reichenbach during the 2017 Tre Valli Varesine, though the investigation was dropped on the incident due to a lack of evidence, as the crash was not captured on television cameras.[14]
2017 World Championships
editMoscon was disqualified from the 2017 UCI World Championships Road Race after being towed back to the peloton by the Italian team car following a crash on the penultimate lap. Moscon ultimately bridged to a breakaway with French rider Julian Alaphilippe in the final five kilometers of the race before finishing 29th. Following the race, Moscon was disqualified by race commissaires.[15]
2018 Tour de France incident
editMoscon was disqualified from the 2018 Tour de France after punching Élie Gesbert of Fortuneo–Samsic during stage 15.[16]
2020 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
editMoscon was disqualified from the 2020 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne after he was caught on camera throwing a bike at another rider after a massive crash in the peloton. Upon finding out he was disqualified, he proceeded to remove his race numbers on camera for which he was fined CHF 500.[17] Rider Jens Debusschere, at whom Moscon had thrown the bike, suffered a cut to his hand and wrist and commented at the finish line: "It’s a series of incidents and it's always the same guy. [...] It’s not only this incident, there’s many more incidents. If you ask around in the peloton about how their relation is with him, then ninety per cent will react negatively."[18]
Major results
edit- 2012
- 4th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 2014
- 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd GP Capodarco
- 5th Gran Premio di Poggiana
- 6th Giro del Belvedere
- 8th Coppa della Pace
- 9th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 10th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
- 2015
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 1st Gran Premio San Giuseppe
- 1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
- 1st Coppa dei Laghi-Trofeo Almar
- 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
- 4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 4th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 5th Overall Course de la Paix U23
- 2016 (2 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- National Road Championships
- 4th Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 7th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 8th Nokere Koerse
- 2017 (1)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd
Team time trial - 6th Time trial
- 3rd
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Overall Route du Sud
- 7th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2018 (5)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 1st Giro della Toscana
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 3rd Coppa Sabatini
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th E3 Harelbeke
- 8th Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
- 2019
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Britain
- 2021 (3)
- 1st Gran Premio di Lugano
- Tour of the Alps
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th Coppa Sabatini
- 8th Giro della Toscana
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | 24 | — | 107 |
 Tour de France
|
— | DSQ | 84 | — | — | DNF | 135 |
| Vuelta a España
|
27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 49 | 29 | — | 33 | — | 101 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | 77 | 15 | 21 | 42 | — | — | DNF | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | 38 | 5 | 41 | 84 | NH | 4 | — | 36 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 3 | DNF | 19 | 57 | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ "The rise of Gianni Moscon". Team Sky. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Gianni Moscon Profile". Zalf-Euromobil-Désirée-Fior – Official Website. 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Gianni Moscon leaves Ineos Grenadiers for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Soudal Quick-Step". UCI.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Cycling Road MOSCON Gianni - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Stock points skyward for Italian Gianni Moscon - VeloNews.com". 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Team Sky | Team Sky sign Moscon". Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Benson, Daniel & O'Shea Sadhbh (29 April 2017). "Moscon racially abuses Reza at Tour de Romandie". Cycling News.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Dobson, Mark (1 May 2017). "Team Sky suspend Gianni Moscon for six weeks over racial abuse". TheGuardian.com. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Brown, Gregor (20 June 2018). "Gianni Moscon cleared of deliberately causing Sébastien Reichenbach to crash". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "2017 Worlds: Moscon disqualified for 'sticky bottle'". VeloNews.com. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (22 July 2018). "Gianni Moscon disqualified from Tour de France". Cycling News.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (1 March 2020). "Gianni Moscon disqualified from Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne for throwing bike". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Decaluwé, Brecht (1 March 2020). "Debusschere on Moscon's disqualification: 'It's a series of incidents and it's always the same guy'". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
External links
edit
- Gianni Moscon at UCI
- Gianni Moscon at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Gianni Moscon at ProCyclingStats
- Gianni Moscon at CQ Ranking
- Gianni Moscon at CycleBase
- Gianni Moscon at Olympedia (archive)
- Gianni Moscon at Olympics.com
