Italian cyclist
Francesco Moser
Nickname Checco Lo Sceriffo (The
sheriff )Born (1951-06-19 ) 19 June 1951 (age 72)
Palù di Giovo , ItalyHeight 1.81 m (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
[1] Weight 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
[2] Current team Retired Discipline Role Rider Rider type
Time trialist
Classics specialist 1973–1975
Filotex 1976–1980
Sanson 1981–1982
Famcucine–Campagnolo 1983–1985
Gis Gelati 1986–1988
Supermercati Brianzoli
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Young rider classification (
1975 )
2 individual stages (
1975 )
Giro d'Italia
General classification (
1984 )
Points classification (
1976 ,
1977 ,
1978 ,
1982 )
23 individual stages (
1973 ,
1976 ,
1978 –
1982 ,
1984 –
1986 )
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (
1984 )
Stage races
Volta a Catalunya (
1978 )
Tirreno–Adriatico (
1980 ,
1981 )
One-day races and Classics
World Road Race Championships (
1977 )
National Road Race Championships (1975, 1979, 1981)
Paris–Roubaix (
1978 ,
1979 ,
1980 )
Giro di Lombardia (
1975 ,
1978 )
Milan–San Remo (
1984 )
Paris–Tours (
1974 )
La Flèche Wallonne (
1977 )
Gent–Wevelgem (
1979 )
Francesco Moser (Italian:
[franˈtʃesko ˈmɔːzer, - moˈzɛr] , German:
[ˈmoːzɐ] ;
[3] born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The
sheriff ), is an Italian former professional
road bicycle racer . He finished on the podium of the
Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the
1984 edition .
Moser was dominant from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. He turned professional in 1973, showing a cultured pedaling style. But his powerful build meant he was not a gifted
climber . He entered one edition of the
Tour de France , in
1975 , where he won two stages, held the
maillot jaune for six days and finished 7th overall. He also won the 1977 world
road racing championship in addition to collecting silver medals in 1976 and 1978. He won six times in three of the five
monuments . Three consecutive editions of
Paris–Roubaix , two victories in the
Giro di Lombardia and one win in
Milan–San Remo .
His 273 road victories puts him behind
Eddy Merckx (525) and
Rik Van Looy (379), but ahead of
Rik Van Steenbergen (270) and
Roger De Vlaeminck (255). He was also an accomplished track rider, riding up to six
Six-Day races almost each winter throughout his career. He rode 35, 14 of which with
René Pijnen , winning 15.
A nephew,
Moreno Moser , (born 25 December 1990) is an Italian professional racer, and Francesco's son
Ignazio Moser enjoyed success at the junior and amateur levels before retiring at the age of 22.
[4]
Palmarès
Classic races
After finishing second in 1974 behind
Roger De Vlaeminck and in 1976 behind
Marc Demeyer of Belgium, Moser finally won
Paris–Roubaix , his favorite race, three consecutive times. Moser had seven podium finishes in Paris–Roubaix; only De Vlaeminck, with nine, has more. In 1978, he beat De Vlaeminck and
Jan Raas of the Netherlands; in 1979, he beat De Vlaeminck and
Hennie Kuiper of the Netherlands; and in 1980, he beat
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle of France and the German,
Dietrich Thurau . Moser came in third in 1981 behind
Bernard Hinault and
Roger De Vlaeminck , and was also third in 1983 behind
Hennie Kuiper and
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle . He rode Paris–Roubaix in his final season as a cyclist in 1987. Other victories include the 1975 and 1978
Giro di Lombardia and the 1984
Milan–San Remo .
Other classics
Moser won the 1974
Paris–Tours , the 1977
Züri-Metzgete , the 1979
Gent–Wevelgem , and the 1977
Flèche Wallonne .
Grand Tours
Moser had some success in the three-week
grand tours . He rode the
Tour de France in 1975, and although he won two stages, led the race for seven days and won the
young rider competition , he never rode the Tour again; the mountains did not suit him. However, he won the
1984 Giro d'Italia , in front of
Laurent Fignon of France and
Moreno Argentin of Italy. Taking advantage of an unusually flat course, Moser made the most of the time-trials and the aerodynamic bike with full disc wheels that he had just broken the
hour record using (technology not available to any other rider during the race) to overcome what others had gained in the mountains. However the result of the race has been called into question by various accusations including shortend or redirected mountain stages, inconsistent awarding of penalties and low flying helecopters being behind some riders but in front of others. Subsequently he would go on to win the
points classification in the Giro d'Italia in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1982.
Other accomplishments
He competed in the
individual road race and
team time trial events at the
1972 Summer Olympics .
[5]
Moser won the 1977 world
road racing championship in San Cristobal, Venezuela, in front of Thurau and
Franco Bitossi . Moser was also silver medallist in 1976, behind
Freddy Maertens of Belgium and second in 1978 to
Gerrie Knetemann of the Netherlands.
On 19 January 1984, in Mexico City, Moser broke the 1972
hour record of
Eddy Merckx . His coach at the time was the now banned for life
Michele Ferrari . He rode 50.808 kilometers, on an aerodynamic bike with full disc wheels more advanced than the conventional bike Merckx used in 1972. As a result, in 1997 the
Union Cycliste Internationale banned hour records set on bikes featuring technological advantages.
[6] Under the new rules, Merckx's record wasn't broken until 2000. Moser auctioned his bicycle to benefit
UNICEF .
He was a member of the
Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige from 1993 until 1998.
[7]
Rivalries
Moser's biggest rival was
Giuseppe Saronni .
After retirement
Moser started a bike company, Moser Cicli, constructing race bikes in a workshop in
Trento . Production is 2,000-3,000 frames annually.
He was the first chairman of the CPA (Cyclistes Professionels Associés ), a union for professional riders of TT/I and TT/II league of teams (now
UCI WorldTeams and
UCI Professional Continental Teams , respectively). He held the position from 1999 until 2007.
Moser also became a
viticulturist , cultivating different varieties of grapes. He continued his father's winery with his children Francesca, Carlo and Ignazio on the family estate Maso Villa Warth in
Valle di Cembra , on the hills just north of Trento. He is also a passionate
hunter and was the host of the television series "A Caccia con Moser" (Hunting with Moser) on
Sky Italia 's channel Caccia TV .
Major results
1971
1st
Overall
Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
1st Stages 1a & 6
4th
Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
1972
3rd
Gran Premio della Liberazione
8th
Road race ,
Olympic Games
1973
1st Stage 14
Giro d'Italia
3rd
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
5th Overall
Giro di Puglia
7th
Trofeo Laigueglia
9th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
9th
La Flèche Wallonne
9th
Milano–Torino
1974
1st
Paris–Tours
1st
Coppa Bernocchi
1st
Giro del Piemonte
1st
Giro dell'Emilia
1st
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st
Giro Di Toscana
1st
Giro dell'Umbria
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Roy Schuiten )
2nd
Paris–Roubaix
2nd
Coppa Placci
2nd
Gran Premio di Lugano
2nd
Trofeo Matteotti
2nd
Gran Premio de Valencia
4th
Giro della Romagna
5th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
5th
Grand Prix des Nations
5th
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
6th
Road race , National Road Championships
7th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
7th Overall
Giro d'Italia
7th
Giro di Lombardia
8th Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
10th
Paris–Brussels
1975
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st
Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Stages 3 & 4a
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Trofeo Matteotti
1st
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1st
Coppa Placci
1st
Giro dell'Umbria
1st
Grand Prix de Monaco
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Gianbattista Baronchelli )
2nd Overall
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Prologue (
TTT )
2nd
Milan–San Remo
2nd
Trofeo Pantalica
2nd
Gran Premio di Lugano
2nd
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
3rd
Züri-Metzgete
4th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
4th Overall
Giro di Puglia
4th
Giro dell'Emilia
5th
Paris–Roubaix
5th
Milano–Torino
5th
Giro Di Toscana
6th
Giro del Veneto
6th
Coppa Sabatini
6th
Critérium des As
7th Overall
Tour de France
1st
Young rider classification
1st Prologue & Stage 7
Held
after Prologue–Stage 5
Held
after Prologue & Stage 1b
8th Overall
À travers Lausanne
8th
Gent–Wevelgem
9th
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
10th
Coppa Bernocchi
1976
1st
Individual pursuit ,
UCI Track World Championships
1st
Overall
Giro di Puglia
1st Stage 2
1st
Giro dell'Appennino
1st
Giro Di Toscana
1st
Trofeo Pantalica
1st
Trofeo Matteotti
1st
Tre Valli Varesine
2nd
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd
Paris–Roubaix
2nd
Tour of Flanders
2nd
Coppa Bernocchi
2nd
Coppa Placci
2nd
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Roy Schuiten )
3rd
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
3rd
Giro del Friuli
4th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 4, 7 (
ITT ) & 14
Held
after Stage 7
4th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
4th
Züri-Metzgete
6th
Giro di Lombardia
6th
Giro dell'Umbria
6th
Giro di Campania
6th
Milano–Vignola
7th
Gent–Wevelgem
8th
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
9th
Milan–San Remo
9th
Giro dell'Emilia
1977
1st
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
1st
La Flèche Wallonne
1st
Züri-Metzgete
1st
Châteauroux Classic
1st
Grand Prix Le Télégramme
1st
Critérium des As
1st
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1st
Giro del Lazio
1st
Giro Di Toscana
1st
Giro dell'Umbria
1st Stage 4
Tour de l'Aude
2nd Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
Held
after Stages 5–16b
3rd
Road race , National Road Championships
3rd
Giro di Campania
4th Overall
Giro di Puglia
4th
Tour of Flanders
4th
Giro del Veneto
5th
Milano–Torino
5th
Coppa Bernocchi
5th
Trofeo Pantalica
5th
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
5th
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
6th
Trofeo Matteotti
6th
Coppa Placci
6th
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
7th
Amstel Gold Race
7th
Giro dell'Emilia
9th
Tre Valli Varesine
1978
1st
Overall
Volta a Catalunya
1st
Points classification
1st Prologue, Stages 1, 3b & 7b (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Tour de l'Aude
1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 3
1st
Paris–Roubaix
1st
Giro di Lombardia
1st
Tre Valli Varesine
1st
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1st
Giro del Lazio
1st
Coppa Sabatini
1st
Trofeo Matteotti
1st Stage 2
Giro di Sardegna
2nd
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
2nd
Road race , National Road Championships
2nd Overall
Giro di Puglia
2nd
Amstel Gold Race
2nd
Züri-Metzgete
2nd
Gran Premio di Lugano
2nd
Grand Prix des Nations
3rd Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 11b, 13, 14 (
ITT ) & 16 (
ITT )
3rd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
3rd
Gent–Wevelgem
3rd
Trofeo Laigueglia
3rd
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
4th
Rund um den Henninger Turm
6th
Milan–San Remo
7th
Tour of Flanders
8th
Giro della Romagna
8th
Critérium des As
9th Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Prologue & Stage 3
1979
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st
Overall
Ruota d'Oro
1st Stages 2 & 3 (
ITT )
1st
Overall
Tour de l'Aude
1st Prologue
1st
Paris–Roubaix
1st
Gent–Wevelgem
1st
Giro dell'Emilia
1st
Giro del Friuli
1st
Giro del Veneto
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Giuseppe Saronni )
2nd
Individual pursuit ,
UCI Track World Championships
2nd Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Prologue, Stages 3 (
ITT ) & 17
Held
after Prologue–Stage 7
Held
after Prologue, Stages 2–5, 15 & 17–18
2nd Overall
Giro del Trentino
2nd
Grand Prix des Nations
2nd
Züri-Metzgete
2nd
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
2nd
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
3rd Overall
Deutschland Tour
3rd
Trofeo Laigueglia
3rd
Coppa Bernocchi
3rd
Giro di Campania
4th
Milan–San Remo
4th
Giro del Lazio
5th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Prologue
5th
Tre Valli Varesine
6th
Trofeo Pantalica
1980
1st
Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Prologue
1st
Overall
Giro del Trentino
1st Prologue & Stage 1
1st
Paris–Roubaix
1st
Nice–Alassio
Giro d'Italia
1st Prologue
Held
after Prologue–Stage 4
Held
after Prologue–Stage 1
2nd
Tour of Flanders
2nd
Rund um den Henninger Turm
2nd
Milano–Torino
2nd
Trofeo Pantalica
2nd
Milano–Vignola
3rd Overall
Tour of Belgium
3rd
Trofeo Laigueglia
3rd
Coppa Sabatini
3rd
Grand Prix des Nations
5th
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
6th
Milan–San Remo
6th
Coppa Placci
7th
Giro dell'Emilia
7th
Giro del Lazio
8th
Trofeo Matteotti
1981
1st
Road race , National Road Championships
1st
Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Prologue
1st
Overall Giro di Frasassi
1st Stage 2
1st
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1st
Giro dell'Umbria
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 14
Held
after Stage 1b & Stages 3–5
2nd Overall
Giro del Trentino
2nd Overall
Ruota d'Oro
2nd
Giro dell'Emilia
2nd
Giro della Romagna
2nd
Grand Prix Le Télégramme
2nd
Milano–Vignola
2nd
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Knut Knudsen )
3rd
Paris–Roubaix
3rd
Coppa Bernocchi
3rd
Giro Di Toscana
3rd
Giro di Campania
3rd
Giro dell'Etna
4th
Rund um den Henninger Turm
4th
Giro del Friuli
6th
Road race ,
UCI Road World Championships
7th
Giro del Lazio
8th Overall
Tour de l'Aude
8th
Coppa Placci
1982
1st
Overall
Tour Midi-Pyrénées
1st Prologue
1st
Giro Di Toscana
1st
Giro di Campania
1st
Grand Prix Le Télégramme
2nd Overall
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall
Giro del Trentino
2nd
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
3rd Overall
Tour of the Basque Country
3rd
Giro di Lombardia
3rd
Coppa Sabatini
4th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
4th
Milan–San Remo
4th
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
6th Overall
Giro di Sardegna
6th Overall
Tour de l'Aude
7th
Milano–Torino
7th
Giro del Friuli
8th Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st
Points classification
1st Stages 7 & 20
Held
after Stages 7–11
9th Overall
Ruota d'Oro
9th
Coppa Bernocchi
10th
Paris–Roubaix
1983
1st
Overall
Giro del Trentino
1st Prologue
1st
Overall
Tour of Norway
1st Stage 1
1st
Milano–Torino
1st
Milano–Vignola
1st
Giro del Friuli
1st
Giro di Campania
1st
Trofeo Pantalica
1st
Giro dell'Umbria
2nd
Giro del Lazio
3rd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd
Paris–Roubaix
3rd
Giro del Piemonte
3rd
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
4th
Giro del Veneto
4th
Trofeo Matteotti
5th
Giro di Lombardia
5th
Critérium des As
10th
Giro dell'Emilia
10th
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1984
1st
Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Prologue, Stages 6, 15 (
ITT ) & 22 (
ITT )
1st
Milan–San Remo
1st
Giro del Lazio
1st
Giro dell'Etna
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Bernard Hinault )
2nd
Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
5th
Trofeo Pantalica
6th
Grand Prix Le Télégramme
8th
Critérium des As
10th Overall
Vuelta a España
1st Prologue & Stage 11
Held
after Prologue–Stage 5
Held
after Prologue
1985
1st
Giro dell'Appennino
1st
Giro dell'Etna
1st
Trofeo Baracchi (with
Hans-Henrik Ørsted )
1st Stage 1
Ruota d'Oro
2nd Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Prologue, Stages 19 & 22 (
ITT )
Held
after Prologue–Stage 1
2nd
Giro del Friuli
4th
Giro di Campania
5th Overall
Giro del Trentino
5th
Giro dell'Emilia
5th
Giro dell'Umbria
1986
1st
Giro dell'Etna
2nd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Prologue & Stage 6 (
ITT )
2nd
Giro dell'Appennino
2nd
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
3rd Overall
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 18 (
ITT )
3rd
Trofeo Pantalica
4th Overall
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 4
5th
Giro di Campania
6th Overall
Giro di Puglia
6th
Tre Valli Varesine
6th
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
7th
Amstel Gold Race
7th
Coppa Ugo Agostoni
8th
Paris–Roubaix
9th
Rund um den Henninger Turm
1987
3rd Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
1st Prologue
4th Overall
Giro del Trentino
1st Prologue
4th
Firenze–Pistoia
5th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
5th
Milano–Vignola
9th
Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
9th
Trofeo Matteotti
10th
Road race , National Road Championships
10th
Trofeo Pantalica
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