Gianni Moscon

"Moscon" redirects here. Not to be confused with Moscone.

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]

Gianni Moscon

Moscon at the 2016 Nokere Koerse
Personal information
Nickname	Il Trattore (The Tractor)[1]
Born	(1994-04-20) 20 April 1994 (age 30) 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	All-rounder Classics specialist
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 Arctic Race of Norway (2016) Tour of Guangxi (2018) Single-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2017, 2018)

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 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

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 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

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 Fortuneo–Samsic 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 Sebastián

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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

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	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
DSQ	Disqualified
NH	Not held

References

1. "The rise of Gianni Moscon". Team Sky. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
2. "Gianni Moscon Profile". Zalf-Euromobil-Désirée-Fior – Official Website. 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
3. "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
4. "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
5. "Gianni Moscon leaves Ineos Grenadiers for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
6. "Soudal Quick-Step". UCI.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
7. "Cycling Road MOSCON Gianni - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
8. "Stock points skyward for Italian Gianni Moscon - VeloNews.com". 17 April 2017.
9. "Team Sky | Team Sky sign Moscon". Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
10. "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
11. "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
12. Benson, Daniel & O'Shea Sadhbh (29 April 2017). "Moscon racially abuses Reza at Tour de Romandie". Cycling News.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
13. 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.
14. Brown, Gregor (20 June 2018). "Gianni Moscon cleared of deliberately causing Sébastien Reichenbach to crash". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
15. "2017 Worlds: Moscon disqualified for 'sticky bottle'". VeloNews.com. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
16. Ryan, Barry (22 July 2018). "Gianni Moscon disqualified from Tour de France". Cycling News.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
17. Ballinger, Alex (1 March 2020). "Gianni Moscon disqualified from Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne for throwing bike". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
18. 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 UCI
• Gianni Moscon at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Gianni Moscon at ProCyclingStats
• Gianni Moscon at CQ Ranking
• Gianni Moscon at CycleBase
• Gianni Moscon at Olympedia
• Gianni Moscon at Olympics.com