Daniel Moreno Fernández (born 5 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the , , , and teams. He specialised in mountain and high-mountain races along with Grand Tours like the Giro d'Italia and

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage 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'Italia, the ...

, winning three stages of the latter in 2011 and

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Career

Amateur career

In 2003, Moreno was a member of the Alcosto–Fuenlabrada team, and he won the

Volta a Portugal do Futuro Volta a Portugal do Futuro is a road bicycle race held annually in Portugal. It has been organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour since 2014. Winners References

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. From September 2004, Moreno rode as a stagiaire with . At his very first race, the annual

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

, he achieved a prominent result by finishing 5th in the general classification.

Relax–Fuenlabrada (2005–07)

In 2005, he remained full-time with . He advanced further by ranking 2nd at the Clásica de Ordizia and the

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

. In 2006, he achieved his first victories by taking stage wins at the Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas and the Volta ao Alentejo. He supplemented his triumphs with three podiums at the Volta ao Alentejo, the Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas and the

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day ...

. In 2007 it also turned out to be successful year for Moreno. He won stages at the

Tour de San Luis The Tour de San Luis was a road cycling race that was held in San Luis Province, Argentina from 2007 to 2016. The race consisted of a competition over an individual time trial, and six stage race, stages. The competition carried a UCI rating of ...

, Vuelta a Chihuahua, and the

Escalada a Montjuïc The Escalada a Montjuïc (in Catalan, English: ''Scaling of Montjuïc'', Spanish: ''Escalada a Montjuïc'') was a one-day, two-stage road bicycle racing race held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1965. It was held in the middle of October, as ...

. Along with that, he showed himself to good advantage by taking 2nd place in a stage of the

and, thus, reaching 12th position in the final general classification. In September he announced his move to French team for the next year but then Moreno renounced his own statement. However, with the collapse of in late 2007, the rider lost his permanent contract together with an opportunity to compete at professional races.

2008–10

Moreno managed to return to the peloton only in March 2008 after signing a contract with the Spanish team . There he spent two seasons (2008–2009) working as a domestique for

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and then moved to for a year.

Team Katusha (2011–15)

2011

In 2011 he joined Russian and became a domestique for his team leader,

Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver (born 12 May 1979) is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2001 and 2016 for the , , and teams. Rodríguez recorded notable results included fourteen Grand Tour stage victories, an ...

. Accompanying Rodríguez in mountain races, Moreno managed to win several significant competitions including the

Giro del Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eu ...

and the Vuelta a Burgos. On 23 August he triumphed in stage 4 of the

, joining the lone escapee of Chris Anker Sørensen in the final kilometres. Sorensen had been part of an earlier break and Moreno sat on his wheel, attacking in the final as the peloton was charging behind. The next day he successfully assisted Rodríguez at

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. The coordinated performance of the two Spaniards brought Moreno to 3rd place while Rodríguez topped the podium. During all three weeks of the racem Moreno rode at his best and, thus, ranked 9th in the general classification. In October, Moreno won the Italian classic

, after shaking off the leading group of thirteen after the ''flamme rouge'' on an uphill false flat.

2012

In 2012 Moreno kept on going forward. He triumphed at the

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin ( es, Gran Premio Miguel Induráin), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after ...

, took first place on stage 4 of the

and won 2 stages of the

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is par ...

. Moreno also firmly assisted Rodríguez to second overall at the Giro d'Italia. The

and other home races were among his top priorities for the ongoing season. He went on to win the 2.HC classified Vuelta a Burgos, surviving a scare in the last stage after getting dropped on the mountain finish by two serious overall classification contenders, Colombians

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of and

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of . Moreno ultimately limited his losses to 22 seconds on that stage, retaining the leader's jersey by 10 seconds over Henao. He also won 2 stages and the points classification at the race. He also had a solid 5th-place finish in the Vuelta a España, where he helped his team leader Rodríguez in the mountain stages; Rodríguez took third overall.

2013

In 2013, Moreno won the World Tour race

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...

, after following an attack initiated by Philippe Gilbert () on the final climb, the Mur de Huy. He passed Gilbert and Carlos Betancur () to grab the victory. He later continued his good form into the

where he finished 3rd overall. At the

, he won stages 4 and 9 and finished 10th in the final general classification.

Movistar Team (2016–17)

In October 2015, announced that they had signed Moreno on a two-year contract from 2016.

EF Education First–Drapac (2018)

In November 2017, it was announced that Moreno was to join the team for the 2018 season.

Major results

;2004 : 5th Overall

;2005 : 2nd Overall

: 2nd

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. The first edition was held in 1922. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

: 6th Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama ;2006 : 2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall

: 4th

: 4th Subida al Naranco : 7th Overall

Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...

;2007 : 1st Overall

::1st Stages 1a & 1b ( ITT) : 1st Stage 5

: 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Chihuahua : 2nd Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas : 3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama : 4th Overall

: 5th

Subida a Urkiola Subida a Urkiola is a one-day cycling race in Durango, Biscay of the Basque Country. The route starts in Durango and ends at the Sanctuary of Urkiola. The first edition began in 1931 and is organized by the Sociedad Ciclista Bilbaina, but has not ...

: 7th Overall

Vuelta por un Chile Líder Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Líder (Vuelta Líder) was an elite men's professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Chile. The Vuelta Líder was created in 1997 by Líder, the largest supermarket chain in Chile, and was sancti ...

: 7th

Gran Premio de Llodio Gran Premio Internacional de Llodio (also known as Clásica de Álava) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race that was held in Llodio, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, between 1949 and 2011. From 2005 t ...

: 9th

Circuito de Getxo The Circuito de Getxo ( en, Getxo Circuit) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

;2008 : 6th Overall

Vuelta a La Rioja The Vuelta a La Rioja ( en, Tour of La Rioja) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

: 9th Overall

Euskal Bizikleta Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it ...

::1st Stage 1 : 9th Overall

;2009 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne ( Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

: 2nd Gran Piemonte : 2nd

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

: 5th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua ::1st Stage 4 : 6th

: 7th Subida al Naranco : 10th

;2010 : 8th Clásica de Almería : 10th

Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

;2011 : 1st Gran Piemonte : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 2nd

: 3rd

Coppa Sabatini The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing R ...

: 8th

: 9th Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 9th Trofeo Deià ;2012 : 1st Jersey violet

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st

::1st Stages 2 & 7 : 1st Stage 4

: 5th Overall

;2013 : 1st

: 3rd Overall

: 3rd

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ...

: 4th

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 bicy ...

: 6th

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...

: 10th Overall

::1st Stages 4 & 9 ;2014 : 2nd Overall

::1st

Points classification : 3rd

: 5th

: 8th Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

: 9th

Amstel Gold Race The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classic ...

: 9th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five '' Monuments'' of the European professional ...

: 10th Overall

Tour of Oman The Tour of Oman is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Oman since 2010 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was scheduled to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled ...

;2015 : 1st Prologue ( TTT)

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...

: 2nd

: 3rd Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 4th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

: 5th

: 6th Overall

: 6th

: 9th Overall

: 9th

: 10th

;2016 : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 3rd Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 4th

: 8th Overall

;2017 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Daniel 1981 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Madrid