Cycling: Australian cyclist Michael Matthews in Rabobank Cycling Team (Part 1)

Michael Matthews is a member of Rabobank Cycling Team for a short time (2011 to 2012.)
Photo: © Bettini

Short Introduction about him:
Michael Matthews (born 26 September 1990) is an Australian track and road cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam Orica-GreenEDGE. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, and in 2010 he became the Under 23 Road Race World Champion.
He left Rabobank Cycling Team at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Orica-GreenEDGE on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.

His historic racing experiences and results:
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 GP della Liberazione
- 9th Overall Tour of Japan

2010:
- 1st UCI 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 GP della Liberazione
- 4th Overall Tour of Japan: 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 5th Overall Tour of Wellington (New Zeaand): 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(Germany)
- 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 (USA): 1st Stage 3, 1st Sprints classification
- 9th Overall Tour Down Under
- 10th Brabantse Pijl

2013:
- Vuelta a España Spain): 1st Stages 5 & 21, Held after Stages 6 & 7
- Tour of Utah (USA): 1st Stages 2 & 4, 1st Sprints classification
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Vuelta a La Rioja
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships

Source: Cycling News website (CyclingNews.com), Wikipedia

© Cycling News, 2011.

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