Francesco Moser, nicknamed "Lo sceriffo", is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.
20 Facts About Francesco Moser
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Francesco Moser finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition.
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Francesco Moser turned professional in 1973, showing a cultured pedaling style.
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Francesco Moser 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.
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Francesco Moser won the 1977 world road racing championship in addition to collecting silver medals in 1976 and 1978.
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Francesco Moser won six times in three of the five monuments.
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Francesco Moser was an accomplished track rider, riding up to six Six-Day races almost each winter throughout his career.
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Francesco Moser rode 35,14 of which with Rene Pijnen, winning 15.
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Francesco Moser came in third in 1981 behind Bernard Hinault and Roger De Vlaeminck, and was third in 1983 behind Hennie Kuiper and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle.
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Francesco Moser 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.
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Francesco Moser won the points classification in the Giro d'Italia in 1976,1977,1978 and 1982.
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Francesco Moser competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Francesco Moser won the 1977 world road racing championship in San Cristobal, Venezuela, in front of Thurau and Franco Bitossi.
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Francesco Moser was silver medallist in 1976, behind Freddy Maertens of Belgium and second in 1978 to Gerrie Knetemann of the Netherlands.
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On 19 January 1984, in Mexico City, Francesco Moser broke the 1972 hour record of Eddy Merckx.
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Francesco Moser rode 50.808 kilometers, on an aerodynamic bike with full disc wheels more advanced than the conventional bike Merckx used in 1972.
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Francesco Moser was a member of the Regional Council of Trentino-Alto Adige from 1993 until 1998.
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Francesco Moser started a bike company, Francesco Moser Cicli, constructing race bikes in a workshop in Trento.
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Francesco Moser 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.
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Francesco Moser is a passionate hunter and was the host of the television series "A Caccia con Moser" on Sky Italia's channel Caccia TV.