# Moreno Moser

Moreno Moser (born 25 December 1990) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the Cannondale, Cannondale–Drapac, Astana and the Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè teams.
Born in Trento, Moser comes from a family of professional cyclists; his uncles Francesco and Aldo both finished in the top five overall placings of Grand Tour events, with Francesco winning the Giro d'Italia in 1984, and another uncle, Enzo, also wore the leader's jersey in the Giro. His father Diego, brothers Leonardo and Matteo and cousin Ignazio also competed professionally. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.

## Career
### Early career

Having competed for U.S. Montecorona as a junior and Arvedi Lucchini Unidelta as an amateur, Moser joined professional team Liquigas–Cannondale in the second half of 2011 as a stagiaire. Moser remained with Liquigas–Cannondale after his stint as a stagiaire, having signed a two-year professional deal from 2012.

### 2012 season

Moser achieved his first professional victory in February 2012, at the Trofeo Laigueglia, after making a solo bid for victory in the closing stages. He repeated that feat at May's Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop, attacking out of a four-man lead group within the race's final kilometre.
Moser won his first UCI World Tour race at the Tour de Pologne in July. During the race's first stage, Moser launched a late attack in the closing kilometre, in Jelenia Góra; he managed to hold off the rest of the field for the stage win. He held the race lead until the fourth stage, when Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's Michał Kwiatkowski took the lead through bonus seconds gained at intermediate sprint points. On the penultimate stage, Moser took his second stage victory after passing Team Sky rider Sergio Henao in the closing metres, after he had gone off the front with an attack. Moser stayed out of trouble on the final stage, and won the race overall by five seconds, ahead of Kwiatkowski.
In the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Moser came close to victory as he was part of a group of four escapees that held a very small advantage over the lead group as they crossed the last kilometer mark. Team Katusha's Alexandr Kolobnev produced an acceleration, but was passed by Moser and Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky), the latter grabbing the victory. Moser held on to second place, two seconds in arrears of the victor, while some members of the chasing group crossed the line only two seconds behind Moser.

### 2013 season

In February, Moser helped his team-mate Peter Sagan win the Gran Premio Città di Camaiore by pulling the leading group and nullifying attacks such as one from their former team-mate Vincenzo Nibali, now riding for the Astana team. The following weekend, Moser then took victory at Strade Bianche in Siena, accelerating away from the peloton with around 17 km (11 mi) remaining in pursuit of a four-rider breakaway. He caught up to them and accelerated away from them on the final climb, a steep 16% gradient ramp inside the final kilometre; he led home a Cannondale one-two, as Sagan was able to finish in second place.

## Major results
### 2008

    1st Stage 2 Giro della Lunigiana

### 2010

    2nd Coppa Placci

### 2011

    1st Giro del Medio Brenta
    1st Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
    2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
    3rd GP Capodarco
    5th Overall Girobio
       1st Stages 1 & 8
    5th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

### 2012

    1st Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Stages 1 & 6
    1st Trofeo Laigueglia
    1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
    2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    2nd Trofeo Melinda
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Giro di Toscana
    7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

### 2013

    1st Strade Bianche
    2nd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
    7th Clásica de San Sebastián

### 2014

    8th Japan Cup

### 2015

    1st Stage 8 Tour of Austria
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2016

    3rd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd GP Miguel Induráin

### 2018

    1st Trofeo Laigueglia

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 120 | — | 41 |
| Tour de France | 94 | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 72 | 72 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |