Michael Matthews (cyclist)
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Career
He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder,[2] and in 2010 he became the Under 23 Road Race World Champion.[3]
Matthews left Rabobank at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Orica–GreenEDGE on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1]
In 2015, Matthews won the points classification jersey of Paris–Nice as well as a stage.He won third place in the 2015 Milan–San Remo.[4] He also met success at the opening stage of the Tour of the Basque Country by outsprinting a group of about fifty riders after a hilly day.[5] He then went on to a second place in the Brabantse Pijl, winning the sprint of the group after nearly getting to lone escapee Ben Hermans.[6] At the Amstel Gold Race, Matthews grabbed another notable result, while he came in third of the final dash for the line while being part of a small leading group.[7] At the Tour de Suisse, Matthews won stage 4 after following Peter Sagan's wheel in the sprint and passing him in the final meters.[8]
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[9]
Results
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- 2008
- Internazionale Bresciana
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3b
- 1st Stage 2 GP General Patton (Junior Nations Cup)
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of the Murray River
- 1st & fastest time John Woodman Memorial
- 2009
- 1st Oceania Road Race Championships
- 1st Oceania Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 9th Overall Tour of Japan
- 2010
- 1st
World Under-23 Road Race Championships - Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2nd Trofeo Piva Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 4th Overall Tour of Japan
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 5th Overall Tour of Wellington
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Overall Ringerike GP
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2011
- 1st Rund um Köln
- 1st Stage 2 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
- 3rd Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
- 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2012
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- Tour of Utah
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
Sprints classification
- 9th Overall Tour Down Under
- 10th Brabantse Pijl
- 2013
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 5 & 21
- Held after Stages 6 & 7
- Tour of Utah
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
Sprints classification
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Vuelta a La Rioja
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 2014
- 1st Vuelta a La Rioja
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of the Basque Country
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6
- Held
after Stages 2–7 - Held
after Stages 2–7 - Held
after Stages 6 & 7
- Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 1st
Points classification
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 3
- Held after Stages 3–5
- Held after Stage 4
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 6th Trofeo Ses Salines
- 7th Trofeo Palma
- 2015
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 3
- Held after Stages 2–3
- Held after Stages 1–3
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
- Tour of Alberta
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Points classification
- 2nd
World Road Race Championships - 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
Combativity award Stage 5 Tour de France- 2016
- 1st Vuelta a La Rioja
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Prologue & Stage 2
- 1st Points classification
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
Grand Tour record
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giro | DNE | DNS-11 | DNF |
| Stages won | — | 2 | 2 |
| Points classification | — | NR | DNF |
| Tour | DNE | DNE | 152 |
| Stages won | — | — | — |
| Points classification | — | — | 73 |
| Vuelta | 110 | 75 | — |
| Stages won | 2 | 1 | — |
| Points classification | 9 | 6 | — |
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did Not Enter |
| DNF-x | Did Not Finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did Not Start (no started on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not Ranked in this classification |
References
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