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Moreno Moser

Moser at the 2014 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name	Moreno Moser
Born	(1990-12-25) 25 December 1990 (age 34) Trento, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Major wins
Stage races Tour de Pologne (2012) One-day races and Classics Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop (2012) Trofeo Laigueglia (2012, 2018) Strade Bianche (2013)

Moreno Moser (born 25 December 1990) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Italy. He rode for several teams between 2012 and 2019. These teams included Liquigas-Cannondale, Cannondale-Garmin, Astana, and NIPPO Vini Fantini Faizanè.

Moreno was born in Trento, Italy. He comes from a famous family of cyclists. His uncles, Francesco and Aldo, were also top cyclists. Francesco even won the Giro d'Italia in 1984. Other family members, like his father Diego and cousins, also raced professionally.

Moreno Moser's Cycling Journey

Starting Out in Cycling

Moreno Moser began his cycling career with amateur teams. He rode for U.S. Montecorona as a junior. Later, he joined Arvedi Lucchini Unidelta as an amateur. In the second half of 2011, he got a chance to join a professional team, Liquigas-Cannondale, as a "stagiaire." This is like an intern in cycling. After this, he signed a two-year professional contract with the same team, starting in 2012.

Winning Races in 2012

Moreno achieved his first professional win in February 2012. This was at the Trofeo Laigueglia race. He rode ahead of everyone else to win alone. He did this again in May at the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop. He attacked from a small group of leaders in the final kilometer to take the victory.

Moreno then won his first big UCI World Tour race. This happened at the 2012 Tour de Pologne in July. He made a late attack in the first stage and won. He kept the race lead for a few days. On the second-to-last stage, he won another stage. He passed another rider right at the end. Moreno won the overall race by just five seconds.

Later that year, he almost won the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. He was in a small group that was just ahead of the main pack. He finished in second place, very close to the winner.

Success in 2013

In February 2013, Moreno helped his teammate Peter Sagan win a race. He worked hard to keep the leading group together. The next weekend, Moreno won the 2013 Strade Bianche race in Siena. He rode away from the main group with about 17 kilometers left. He caught up to the leaders and then rode past them on a very steep climb. He finished first, and his teammate Peter Sagan came in second.

Major Achievements

Grand Tour Race Results

Moreno Moser competed in several "Grand Tours." These are the three biggest and longest stage races in professional cycling: the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España.

Grand Tour	2013	2014	2015	2016
Giro d'Italia	—	120	—	41
Tour de France	94	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	72	72

See also

In Spanish: Moreno Moser para niños