Moschetti strikes back: Pinarello Q36.5 owns the sprint in Veenendaal!
The Veenendaal-Veenendaal Classic ended exactly the way the Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team wanted it to end: fast, aggressive and under full control. After 175.6 kilometres raced at relentless speed across the Netherlands, the entire race came down to one decisive moment — and Matteo Moschetti delivered it with authority.
Guided perfectly by his teammates through the chaos of the finale, the Italian sprinter entered the final corner in prime position before launching a long, powerful sprint that nobody could match. Once Moschetti hit the front, he never gave it back. Head down, bike driving forward with pure progression and force, the Pinarello Q36.5 rider held his line all the way to the finish, finally crossing the line with a raised fist in a victory that carried far more weight than a standard sprint success.
For Moschetti, this was revenge.
Just weeks after being forced out of the Giro d’Italia following a crash on the opening stage in Bulgaria, the Italian returned with the kind of response only real sprinters know how to produce: no excuses, no hesitation, straight back to winning.
But this victory was built long before the final 200 metres.
From the opening kilometres, Pinarello Q36.5 committed fully to controlling the race scenario and making sure the day would end in a bunch sprint. The team remained compact, vigilant and aggressive throughout, shutting down dangerous situations and keeping the race under pressure until the final kilometres delivered the exact outcome they had planned for.
Inside the final run-in, the execution became surgical.
Each rider delivered his effort with precision, progressively increasing the speed and stretching the peloton into a single high-speed line before launching Moschetti into the final corner exactly where he needed to be. In a finale raced at maximum speed and under massive torque, every technical detail mattered — including the direct power transfer provided by the Q36.5 Unique Shoes worn by Moschetti during the race.
Developed to combine race-level stiffness with long-duration comfort, the Unique Shoes allowed the Italian sprinter to remain stable, efficient and explosive through the decisive phase of the sprint. In a finish where peak wattage, acceleration and positional control define everything, the balance between comfort and stiffness became a real performance advantage. When Moschetti launched his sprint, the response was immediate: full power transferred directly into speed without hesitation.
From there, the Italian finished the work with a sprint defined by timing, composure and raw force
"My team did a great job and we delivered to enter the last corner in the position that we wanted. Then I launched my sprint and I was just waiting for the line. It was really nice teamwork.” Of course, my big goal was the Giro d’Italia this year and unfortunately I went home already on the first day. But we knew we did a really good preparation. I had one week off the bike, but the shape was still there. I came here without doubting and my team really trusted me. I’m happy that in the end I paid back this amazing work."
Matteo Moschetti
