1. Matthew Harley Goss was born on 5 November 1986 and is a former Australian professional road and track racing cyclist, his final professional team before retirement was the UCI Professional Continental team ONE Pro Cycling.
17 Facts About Matthew Goss
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Matthew Goss first competed in track cycling before making a transition to the road.
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Matthew Goss 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.
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Matthew Goss had numerous victories, including Liberation Grand Prix and the Tour of the Regions.
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Matthew Goss finished second at the Commerce Bank International Championship and third at the Delta Profronde.
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Matthew Goss claimed victory in America in the Philadelphia International Championship and a stage win at the Danmark Rundt.
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Matthew Goss 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 Tasmanian team.
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Matthew Goss continued his winning streak by winning the Cancer Council Classic, and met success in the Tour Down Under, winning the first stage, the points classification and finishing in second place overall.
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Matthew Goss succeeded in passing the ultimate climb of the day with the lead group and out-sprinted Fabian Cancellara of the Leopard Trek squad to take the victory.
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On 6 September 2011, it was announced that Matthew Goss would be joining the GreenEDGE team for its inaugural season in 2012.
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Matthew Goss did not win a stage, but came close to it on Stage 4, where Mark Renshaw edged him on the line by an extremely narrow margin.
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Matthew Goss added a prestigious victory to his palmares at the Giro d'Italia, taking the third stage after Roberto Ferrari caused a crash that took down several riders in the finale, including Team Sky's Mark Cavendish.
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Matthew Goss 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 and the London Olympics' road race.
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Matthew Goss finally took the third place of the points classification behind Sagan and Andre Greipel.
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On 18 September 2014 it was announced that Matthew Goss will be riding for Team MTN-Qhubeka in 2015.
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On 12 October 2015 it was announced that Matthew Goss would be moving to ONE Pro Cycling.
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Matthew Goss appeared on billboards in Australia for Toshiba with teammates from the 2006 Commonwealth Games.