Gianni Moscon

Moscon at the 2016 Nokere Koerse
Personal information
Nickname	Il Trattore (The Tractor)[1]
Born	(1994-04-20) 20 April 1994 (age 29) 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)

Gianni Moscon (born 20 April 1994) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.^[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 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

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