Francesco Moser

Who is Francesco Moser?

Francesco Moser, nicknamed "Lo sceriffo", is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.

Moser was one of the dominant riders from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, and won the 1984 Giro d'Italia, the 1977 world road racing championship and six victories in three of the five Monuments. He began his professional career in 1973. He had an almost effortless pedal stroke that provided great power. Moser was intimidating on a bicycle but his powerful build meant he wasn’t a gifted climber. With 273 road victories during his career he is the third most prolific road bicycle champion in the world, behind Eddy Merckx and Rik Van Looy, but ahead of Rik Van Steenbergen and Roger De Vlaeminck. In addition, he was an accomplished track rider, riding 1 to 6 Six-Day races during almost each winter throughout his professional career. He rode 35 in total, 14 of which with Six-day specialist René Pijnen, and winning 15 in total. A nephew Moreno Moser is an Italian professional road bicycle racer.