Daniel Oss

Daniel Oss (born 13 January 1987) is an Italian cyclist, who competes in gravel cycling for the Specialized Gravel team.

Between 2009 and 2023, Oss competed professionally in road bicycle racing, with , the , and . He took two individual victories in his road racing career – the 2010 Giro del Veneto and a stage at the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge – and also formed part of winning teams on team time trial stages at the 2015 Tour de France and the 2017 Vuelta a España, as well as winning gold medals in the equivalent event at the UCI Road World Championships in 2014 and 2015.

Career Junior and amateur career (2004–2008) In 2004, the first results on the track and road for Trento-born Oss were outstanding: he excelled in the National Student Track Championships in Pordenone, collecting three podiums in the pursuit, and in the same year, he gained third place in the Madison at the European Student Championships in Fiorenzuola d'Arda.

After a year in the dark, Oss returned to the limelight in 2006 winning five races including events at , Isola Vicentina, Pessina Cremonese and . In 2007, he won two smaller competitions while in 2008, besides three other competitions, he also participated in the World Championships in Varese, coming home in eighth place in the under-23 road race, five seconds behind the winner Fabio Duarte.

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

In 2010, Oss came fifth in Gent–Wevelgem, and fourth in one of the stages of the Three Days of De Panne. He was also involved in his first ever Grand Tour when he came 124th in the Tour de France, 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 Elia Viviani 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 Denver, Viviani rewarded Oss's hard work by allowing him to win the sprint finish. and ninth at Milan–San Remo.

Post-Liquigas (2013–2023) Oss left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the for the 2013 season. He also won seven team time trials at stage races, including at Grand Tour level – at the 2015 Tour de France and the 2017 Vuelta a España. Individually, Oss won the mountains classification at the 2015 Tour of California 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 domestique for Peter Sagan. 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, Gianni Vermeersch.

Move to gravel racing In November 2023, Oss shifted his focus to gravel cycling with the Specialized Gravel team.

2004

2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 2006

2007 1st Circuito di Bibano 2008 2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana 2nd GP Industria del Cuoio e delle Pelli 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 6th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi 8th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 8th Trofeo Zsšdi 8th Giro del Belvedere 10th Trofeo Franco Balestra 2009

5th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 2010 (1 pro win) 1st Giro del Veneto 5th Gent–Wevelgem 6th Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

10th Overall Tour of Oman 2011 (1) 1st Stage 6 USA Pro Cycling Challenge 3rd Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

6th Coppa Agostoni 2012 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese 9th Milan–San Remo 2013 3rd E3 Harelbeke 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie 2014

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino 2015

1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné

8th Gent–Wevelgem 10th E3 Harelbeke 2016 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Eneco Tour

10th E3 Harelbeke 2017 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 1 (TTT)

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico

2018 5th Road race, National Road Championships 2020

2022

6th Overall Saudi Tour 2023

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish