Gianni Moscon Explained
Gianni Moscon (born 20 April 1994) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[6] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the road race.[7]
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".[8]
Professional career
Team Sky (2016–2021)
In September 2015, it was announced that he had signed a professional contract with 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
Racism and suspension
During 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 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
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.[15]
2018 Tour de France incident
Moscon was disqualified from the 2018 Tour de France after punching Élie Gesbert of during stage 15.[16]
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.[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
- 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
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
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 (5)
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
- 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 SebastiánGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Notes and References
- Web site: The rise of Gianni Moscon. . 20 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105145408/https://www.teamsky.com/article/the-rise-of-gianni-moscon. 5 January 2019. dead.
- News: Gianni Moscon Profile . Zalf-Euromobil-Désirée-Fior – Official Website . 2015 . 14 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925144504/http://www.zalfdesireefior.com/atleti.php?id_atl=518 . 25 September 2015 .
- Web site: Team Sky. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 5 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105011120/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/team-sky/. 5 January 2019.
- Web site: Team Ineos. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102035953/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13993/1001552/260. 2 January 2020.
- Web site: Gianni Moscon leaves Ineos Grenadiers for Astana . cyclingnews.com . 2 January 2022 . en . 29 September 2021.
- Web site: Soudal Quick-Step . UCI.org . 8 January 2024.
- Web site: Cycling Road MOSCON Gianni - Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 2021-09-23. olympics.com. en-us. 2021-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20211014050158/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-road/athlete-profile-n1327050-moscon-gianni.htm. dead.
- Web site: Stock points skyward for Italian Gianni Moscon - VeloNews.com. 17 April 2017.
- Web site: Team Sky | Team Sky sign Moscon . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160224064748/http://www.teamsky.com/teamsky/news/article/66598#0bOIqbgfvWlsxiWd.97 . 2016-02-24 . dead .
- Web site: 2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist . 17 August 2017. ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: 2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List . 5 July 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- Web site: Moscon racially abuses Reza at Tour de Romandie . Cycling News.com . 29 April 2017 . 22 July 2018 . Benson, Daniel & O'Shea Sadhbh.
- Web site: Team Sky suspend Gianni Moscon for six weeks over racial abuse . Guardian News and Media . TheGuardian.com . 1 May 2017 . 22 July 2018 . Dobson, Mark.
- News: Brown . Gregor . Gianni Moscon cleared of deliberately causing Sébastien Reichenbach to crash . 2 March 2020 . . 20 June 2018.
- Web site: 2017 Worlds: Moscon disqualified for 'sticky bottle'. 2017-09-24. VeloNews.com. en-US. 2019-02-15.
- Web site: Gianni Moscon disqualified from Tour de France . Cycling News.com . 22 July 2018 . 22 July 2018 . Ryan, Barry.
- News: Gianni Moscon disqualified from Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne for throwing bike. Alex. Ballinger. CyclingWeekly. 1 March 2020. 1 March 2020.
- Web site: Decaluwé . Brecht . Debusschere on Moscon's disqualification: 'It's a series of incidents and it's always the same guy' . cyclingnews.com . 2 March 2020 . 1 March 2020.
