Matthew Harley Goss (born 5 November 1986) is a former Australian professional

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and track

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, his final professional team before retirement was the

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team . He first competed in track cycling before making a transition to the road. He won a gold medal at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Team Pursuit event and came in second place at the 2011 World Championships Road race. He also won the 2010 GP Ouest-France, the 2011 Milan–San Remo as well as 2 stages of the

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

, among other victories.

Career

Born in

Launceston, Tasmania Launceston () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk River, North Esk and South Esk River, South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River, Tasmania, Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, the Launc ...

, Goss started in the sport competing in

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. In 2005, he won a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit at the

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in Los Angeles along with Ashley Hutchinson,

Mark Jamieson Mark Ian Jamieson (born 4 May 1984, in Dandenong) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He started competing at the age of 10 in 1994, he first represented his country in the World Junior Track Championships in 2001. He was an Australi ...

and

Stephen Wooldridge Stephen Brian Wooldridge (17 October 1977 – 14 August 2017) was an Australian racing cyclist, an Olympic and four-time world champion on the track. He was born in Sydney. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In 2 ...

. Then the following year he won the gold medal in

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with Peter Dawson, Mark Jamieson and Stephen Wooldridge. In parallel with the successes on the track, he started his career on the road with the Australian team Southaustralia.com–AIS team which participated in major competitions dedicated to the Under-23. Goss had numerous victories, including Liberation Grand Prix and the Tour of the Regions. In 2007 he turned pro with

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's . In the first two years as a professional he won two stages at the

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 th ...

, one in 2007 and another in the next edition. Goss finished second at the Commerce Bank International Championship and third at the

Delta Profronde Delta Profronde was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Zeeland Zeeland (; ), historically known in English by the Endonym and exonym, exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. Th ...

. With CSC he also won the Eindhoven Team Time Trial 2007, an UCI ProTour team time trial included in the calendar. In 2008, he took the first stage of the

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. In these races he became known for his sprinter characteristics and also demonstrated qualities in other disciplines, proving strong on the cobbles, finishing third in the Belgian semi-classic Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne. He confirmed his qualities later in 2009 by winning

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, two stages of the

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

and finishing third at

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

2010

In 2010 he began with . On 16 May 2010 he won the ninth stage of the

with arrival in Cave de Tirreni, but had to withdraw from the Giro on 23 May due to illness. In August he won the GP Ouest-France, beating Tyler Farrar in the sprint. He also claimed victory in America in the Philadelphia International Championship and a stage win at the Danmark Rundt.

2011

He began the 2011 season racing in Australia the Bay Classic Series, a criterium with a number of ranking points, winning the first and the fourth round and the final in an all

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n team. He also came second in the National Championship. He continued his winning streak by winning the Cancer Council Classic, and met success in the

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (currently branded as the Santos Tour Down Under for sponsorship reasons) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women’s WorldTour ...

, winning the first stage, the points classification and finishing in second place overall. Then in the biggest win of his career, he won the 2011

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

Classic on Saturday 19 March. He succeeded in passing the ultimate climb of the day with the lead group and out-sprinted

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of the squad to take the victory. On 6 September 2011, it was announced that Goss would be joining the team for its inaugural season in 2012.

2012

In April, Goss took the points classification of the Tour of Turkey. He did not win a stage, but came close to it on Stage 4, where

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() edged him on the line by an extremely narrow margin. He added a prestigious victory to his palmares at the

, taking the third stage after Roberto Ferrari caused a crash that took down several riders in the finale, including 's

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. He withdrew from the Giro after taking the sixth place on Stage 13, explaining that he wanted to prepare himself properly for his two main objectives of the season, the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

and the London Olympics' road race. Throughout '' La Grande Boucle'', Goss would do battle with 's

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for the Green jersey awarded to the best sprinter. However, his chances were greatly reduced in Stage 12 when he was handed a 30-point penalty for sprinting dangerously, touching Sagan after swerving several feet to his left while the two were going for the line. He finally took the third place of the points classification behind Sagan and

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2015

On 18 September 2014 it was announced that Goss will be riding for Team MTN-Qhubeka in 2015.

2016

On 12 October 2015 it was announced that Goss would be moving to .

Personal life

Goss supports the pivotal role of junior development and pathway program cycling teams in the state where he cultivated his cycling skills as a junior, and subsequently holds the title of adviser to the management committee and team ambassador for the ''RECAB cycling development'' team in Tasmania since 2009. Goss appeared on billboards in Australia for

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with teammates from the

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. He lives and trains in

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Major results

Road

;2005 : 1st Stage 1

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;2006 : 1st

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Vuelta a Navarra The Vuelta a Navarra is a road cycling stage race held annually since 1941 in the Autonomous community of Navarra, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in N ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Stage 1 Giro delle Regioni : 1st Stage 3 Baby Giro : 2nd Trofeo Città di Brescia : 2nd Coppa Città di Asti ;2007 (1 pro win) : 1st Stage 3

: 1st

Eindhoven Team Time Trial The UCI ProTour Eindhoven Team Time Trial was an annual road bicycle race held in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was approximately . Each team had six riders. In 2006, team size expanded to eight. Conceived as part of the UCI ProTour in 2005 UCI ProT ...

: 2nd Commerce Bank International Championship : 3rd

;2008 (2) :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;2009 (3) : 1st

::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 2nd

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for th ...

: 3rd

: 10th Overall

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia () is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's fina ...

;2010 (4) : 1st GP Ouest–France : 1st Philadelphia International Championship : 1st Stage 9

: 1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, 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'Ital ...

;2011 (5) : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Bay Classic Series ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st

: 1st Cancer Council Helpline Classic : 1st Stage 3

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

: 1st Stage 8 Tour of California : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman : 2nd Silver medal uci

Road race, UCI World Championships : 2nd Road race, National Championships : 2nd Overall

::1st

Sprints classification ::1st Stage 1 : 8th London–Surrey Cycle Classic ;2012 (1) : 1st Stage 3

: 1st

Points classification, Tour of Turkey : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

: 4th GP Ouest–France ;2013 (1) : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 4 ( TTT)

: 2nd Cancer Council Helpline Classic ;2014 : 1st Stage 2 Bay Classic Series

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

;2004 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Rainbow Jersey Track

Team pursuit ::1st Rainbow Jersey Track

Madison (with Miles Olman) ;2005 : 1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit,

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;2006 : 1st Rainbow Jersey Track

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships : 1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit,

: 2nd

Team pursuit,

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References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goss, Matthew 1986 births Living people Australian Giro d'Italia stage winners Australian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Sportspeople from Launceston, Tasmania Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Tasmania Olympic cyclists for Australia UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Australian male cyclists Australian track cyclists Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Tasmania Australian expatriates in Germany 21st-century Australian sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling