Gianni Moscon has suggested that he and Team Sky have been the target for criticism during 2017 because their rivals are envious of the way the British WorldTour team is leading the way in the peloton.
Speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport during a long interview at home in the Val di Non apple orchards, Moscon revealed he will have a leadership role at Team Sky for the cobbled Classics in 2018 and is likely to ride the Tour de France in support of Chris Froome as he continues to understand his own Grand Tour potential.
He again denied purposely causing Sebastien Reichenbach (FDJ) to crash during the Tre Valli Varesine race for his involvement in the polemic surrounding his racial abuse of FDJ teammate Kevin Reza.
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"I can't accept that people say we're arrogant, everyone has to do their own thing. They're envious but as the [Italian] saying goes: It's better to make people envious than to seem pathetic," Moscon is reported as saying in La Gazzetta dello Sport. "We're leading the way and perhaps people don't like that. An example is using the rollers after a race. People laughed when we did it, now the ones who laughed take their bikes to the podium area."
Moscon is still only 23 but again showed his prodigious talents during the 2017 season. He finished fifth at Paris-Roubaix after being in the decisive attack of the race, won the Italian time trial title, played a key role in Froome's victory at the Vuelta a España, and then was third at Il Lombardia.
However, his season also included several controversies that have raised questions about his behaviour. He was suspended for six weeks by Team Sky after racially insulting FDJ's Kevin Reza in the spring. He was disqualified from the World Championships road race in Bergen for taking a tow from the Italian team car, and he has been accused of "dangerous behaviour" that caused Reichenbach to crash during the Tre Valli Varesine race in September.
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