Gianni Moscon
Gianni Moscon (born 20 April 1994) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[5]
Moscon at the 2016 Nokere Koerse | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Gianni Moscon |
Nickname | Il Trattore (The Tractor)[1] |
Born | Trento, Italy | 20 April 1994
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Ineos Grenadiers |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type |
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Amateur team | |
2013–2015 | Zalf–Euromobil–Désirée–Fior[2] |
Professional team | |
2016– | Team Sky[3][4] |
Major wins | |
Stage races
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Early life and career
Moscon 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".[6]
Professional career
Team Sky (2016–present)
In September 2015, it was announced that he had signed a professional contract with Team Sky for the 2016 season.[7] 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.[6]
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.[8] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[9]
Controversy
Racism and suspension
During the 2017 Tour de Romandie, Moscon racially abused French cyclist Kevin Reza.[10] He was suspended from racing with Team Sky for six weeks. The team indicated that any further behaviour incidents will result in Moscon's contract being terminated.[11]
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.[12]
2017 World Championships
Moscon 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.[13]
2018 Tour de France incident
Moscon was disqualified from the 2018 Tour de France after punching Élie Gesbert of Fortuneo–Samsic during stage 15.[14]
2020 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Moscon 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.[15] 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."[16]
Major results
- 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
- 1st Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 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
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Road race
- UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Team time trial
- 6th Time trial
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Overall Route du Sud
- 7th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2018
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — |
Tour de France | — | DSQ | 84 |
Vuelta a España | 27 | — | — |
Classics results timeline
Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Milan–San Remo | — | 49 | 29 | — | 33 |
Tour of Flanders | 77 | 15 | 21 | 42 | |
Paris–Roubaix | 38 | 5 | 41 | 84 | |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 78 | — | — | |
Giro di Lombardia | — | 3 | DNF | 19 | 57 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
DSQ | Disqualified |
References
- "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.
- "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- "Stock points skyward for Italian Gianni Moscon - VeloNews.com". 17 April 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2015-09-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "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.
- VeloNews.comSeptember 24; 2017 (2017-09-24). "2017 Worlds: Moscon disqualified for 'sticky bottle'". VeloNews.com. Retrieved 2019-02-15.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- 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
- Gianni Moscon at ProCyclingStats
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