Daniel Oss (born 13 January 1987) is an Italian cyclist, who competes in

gravel cycling Gravel cycling, gravel biking or gravel grinding is a sport or a leisure activity in which participants ride bicycles on gravel roads or other unpaved surfaces. While often performed on a specially designed gravel bike, any bicycle capable of ...

for the Specialized Gravel team. Between 2009 and 2023, Oss competed professionally in

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, with , the , and . He took two individual victories in his road racing career – the 2010

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. Since 2023, the race has been on the UCI ProSeries calendar, having previously been a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

and a stage at the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge – and also formed part of winning teams on

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

stages at the

2015 Tour de France The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 4 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 July with the Champs-Élysées sta ...

and the

2017 Vuelta a España The 2017 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season ...

, as well as winning gold medals in the equivalent event at the

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and

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Career

Junior and amateur career (2004–2008)

In 2004, the first results on the track and road for

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-born Oss were outstanding: he excelled in the National Student Track Championships in

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, collecting three podiums in the pursuit, and in the same year, he gained third place in the Madison at the European Student Championships in

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. After a year in the dark, Oss returned to the limelight in 2006 winning five races including events at ,

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and . In 2007, he won two smaller competitions while in 2008, besides three other competitions, he also participated in the

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, coming home in eighth place in the under-23 road race, five seconds behind the winner

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Liquigas (2009–2012)

In 2009, Oss turned professional, joining the team; he entered the top 10 for the first time in a professional race during the Tour of Catalunya, it was in the prologue, in which he finished ninth place, four seconds detached from the winner

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. During the same year, he participated in the National Track Championships and came first in the team pursuit along with companions Jacopo Guarnieri,

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and Davide Cimolai. Towards the end of the season, he was able to finish in the top five of a number of professional races: two fourth places in stages of the Tour of Missouri, and fifth in the

Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Prato, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...

. In 2010, Oss came fifth in

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

, and fourth in one of the stages of the

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. He was also involved in his first ever Grand Tour when he came 124th in the

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, he also won the combativity award on Stage 18, for his involvement in the breakaway. The following year, he played a key role as a lead out man for sprinter and teammate

in the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge. It was Oss's lead-outs that secured Viviani two stage victories and the green jersey for the points classification. On Stage 6 into

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, Viviani rewarded Oss's hard work by allowing him to win the sprint finish. In his final season with , he finished third at the Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese, and ninth at

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

Post-Liquigas (2013–2023)

Oss left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the for the 2013 season. During his five years with the team, Oss won four medals at the

in the

, including gold medals in

and

. He also won seven

s at stage races, including at Grand Tour level – at the

and the

. Individually, Oss won the mountains classification at the

2015 Tour of California The 2015 Amgen Tour of California was the tenth edition of the Tour of California cycling stage race. It was held from May 10–17, and rated as a UCI race classifications, 2.HC event on the 2015 UCI America Tour, UCI America Tour. It began in Sa ...

and the 2017 Tour of Guangxi, and finished third at the 2013 E3 Harelbeke. He moved to for 2018, spending four years with the team – primarily being utilised as a

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for

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. Oss and Sagan both moved to in 2022, with Oss winning a silver medal in the inaugural UCI Gravel World Championships held in Italy, having spent in an attacking move with the eventual winner,

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Move to gravel racing

In November 2023, Oss shifted his focus to

with the Specialized Gravel team.

Major results

Source: ;2004 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships : 2nd

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, National Junior Road Championships ;2006 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships ;2007 : 1st Circuito di Bibano ;2008 : 2nd

Gran Premio di Poggiana The Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Poggiana, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introd ...

: 2nd GP Industria del Cuoio e delle Pelli : 3rd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 6th

Trofeo Alcide Degasperi The Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi is a one-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste I ...

: 8th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 8th

Trofeo Zsšdi Trofeo Zsšdi-Unione dei Circoli Sportivi Sloveni in Italia is a road bicycle race held annually in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The trophy is contested around Trieste, near the frontier between Italy and Slovenia. Since 2005, it is classified ...

: 8th Giro del Belvedere : 10th

Trofeo Franco Balestra Trofeo Franco Balestra is a road bicycle race held annually in Italy. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. ''1977–2005: Memorial Sabbadini2006- : Memorial Giampietro Metelli'' Winners ...

;2009 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships : 5th

;2010 (1 pro win) : 1st

: 5th

: 6th Overall

Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, currently known as the Giro della Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria The province of Reggio Calabria () was a province in th ...

::1st

Yong rider classification : 10th Overall Tour of Oman ;2011 (1) : 1st Stage 6

USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter ...

: 3rd Overall

::1st

Young rider classification : 6th

Coppa Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed du ...

;2012 : 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese : 9th

;2013 : 3rd

E3 Harelbeke E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

: 4th Overall

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

;2014 : 1st Gold medal uci

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy. In 2015, th ...

; 2015 : 1st Gold medal uci

: 1st Stage 9 ( TTT)

: 1st Stage 3 ( TTT)

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

: 1st

Mountains classification,

Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...

: 8th

: 10th

; 2016 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

: 1st Stage 5 ( TTT) Eneco Tour : 2nd Silver medal uci

: 10th

;2017 :

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ::Held Jersey white

after Stages 1–2 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

: 1st

Mountains classification,

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional Road bicycle racing, cycling race held in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The m ...

: 2nd

;2018 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships ;2020 : Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 7

;2022 : 2nd Silver medal uci

UCI Gravel World Championships : 6th Overall

Saudi Tour The AlUla Tour, formerly known as the Saudi Tour and the Tour of Saudi Arabia, is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race first held in Saudi Arabia in 1999. It has been held intermittently since its creation, and in 202 ...

;2023 :

Combativity award Stage 11

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oss, Daniel 1987 births Living people Cyclists from Trento Italian male cyclists UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Italian sportsmen