Matteo Moschetti

Matteo Moschetti
Personal information
Full nameMatteo Moschetti
Born (1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 28)
Milan, Italy
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current teamQ36.5 Pro Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2015–2017Viris Maserati Sisal
2017Trek–Segafredo (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2018Polartec–Kometa
2018Trek–Segafredo (stagiaire)
2019–2022Trek–Segafredo[1][2][3]
2023–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Clásica de Almería (2023)

Matteo Moschetti (born 14 August 1996) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.[4]

Career

Early years

As a junior, Moschetti raced on the road and track, winning the junior national team pursuit championships in 2014 with teammates Giovanni Pedretti, Imerio Cima and Giacomo Garavaglia. In 2017, Moschetti won his second national championship when he won the under-23 race at the Italian National Road Race Championships. At the end of the season, Moschetti rode as a stagiaire for Trek–Segafredo.

Polartec–Kometa (2018)

Moschetti joined UCI Continental team Polartec–Kometa for the 2018 season, and brought the team their first victory when he won stage 1 of the Tour of Antalya. His success continued, winning stage 4 of the same race, the International Rhodes Grand Prix a week later, and stage 2 of the International Tour of Rhodes. During the Tour de Normandie, a French stage race, Moschetti won stages 4 and 7, ultimately finishing second overall in the points classification.[5] After his success in the Tour de Normandie, Moschetti signed a 2-year contract with UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo, for the 2019 and 2020 season.[6] As he did in 2017, Moschetti rode as a stagiaire with Trek–Segafredo at the end of the 2018 season.

Trek–Segafredo (2019–2022)

In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia, his first Grand Tour, but failed to finish.[7] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[8]

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 141
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF

References

  1. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ Long, Jonny (4 November 2022). "Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad". CyclingTips. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Matteo Moschetti". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. ^ Stokes, Shane (27 March 2018). "TREK-SEGAFREDO SIGNS RIDER FROM CONTADOR'S FEEDER TEAM". CyclingTips.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.