Matthew Goss

Matthew Goss
Goss at the 2013 Jayco Bay Crits
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Harley Goss
NicknameGossy, The Boss
Born (1986-11-05) 5 November 1986 (age 38)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
2006Southaustralia.com–AIS
Professional teams
2007–2009Team CSC
2010–2011Team HTC–Columbia
2012–2014GreenEDGE
2015MTN–Qhubeka
2016ONE Pro Cycling
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2010, 2012)

One-day races and Classics

Milan–San Remo (2011)
GP Ouest–France (2010)
Paris–Brussels (2009)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Copenhagen Road race
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Bordeaux Team Pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Team Pursuit

Matthew Harley Goss (born 5 November 1986) 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. 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, among other victories.

  1. ^ a b "Matthew Goss". Orica–GreenEDGE. GreenEDGE Cycling. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.