Team Sky's Gianni Moscon: 'I saw the chance to sprint and thought why not?'

Italian Grand Tour first-timer Gianni Moscon says that he grabbed the opportunity to contest the sprint finish on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España after Chris Froome told him to 'go for it'

Gianni Moscon in the 2017 Vuelta a España.

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Team Sky's Gianni Moscon, who sprinted to second in the Vuelta a España stage 13 to Tomares after working for Chris Froome, says that he just decided to try for the stage win when he saw his chance.

The 23-year-old Italian is racing in his first Grand Tour – the longest race he did before was the seven-day Tirreno-Adriatico.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.