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Matthew Wilson has announced that he will retire from racing next month. The Victorian will make his final race appearance at Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg. Wilson is poised to join ORICA-GreenEDGE as a Sports Director in 2013. "ORICA-GreenEDGE have offered me an amazing opportunity to pursue a career that I hope will suit me well," said Wilson. "We have been discussing this move for … [Read more...]
PARIS, Sept 9, 2011 (AFP) - Australian cycling outfit GreenEdge have added up-and-coming Belgian Jens Keukeleire to their line-up, it was announced on Friday. GreenEdge are set to become the first Australian-registered team in the elite peloton and hope to acquire a UCI ProTour licence in order to compete in the 2012 season -- which should be helped by the signing of top names so far. … [Read more...]
PARIS, Aug 24, 2011 - Australia's new cycling team GreenEdge announced its latest recruit on Monday, Lithuanian Tomas Vaitkus. The 29-year-old former junior world time trial champion becomes the 14th rider to join the outfit, joining the likes of Australians Baden Cooke, Matt Wilson and Simon Clarke and veteran Canadian champion Svein Tuft. … [Read more...]
Team line-up features four Australian riders including Cameron Meyer, newly crowned national time trial champion; Jack Bobridge to ride his first pro race January 13, 2010 – Boulder, CO - Team Garmin-Transitions, the leading professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, today unveiled its much-anticipated roster for the Tour … [Read more...]
Waterford, Ireland – Team Type 1’s Matt Wilson donned the King of the Mountains jersey Friday after the opening stage of the Tour of Ireland. The Australian earned the lead in the special classification – by a single point – by being the first rider over the summit of one climb and placing second in two others during the 122-mile (196.4 km) race from Enniskerry to Waterford, Ireland. … [Read more...]
Victoria, Australia – Team Type 1's Matt Wilson finished fifth in Sunday's Scody Australian Open National Road Championships, 20 seconds behind surprise winner Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche Cycling). McDonald, a 30-year-old bicycle mechanic, won a three-up sprint against a pair of riders from Team Columbia, Michael Rogers and Adam Hansen, who finished second and third, respectively. Rogers … [Read more...]
Atlanta — Team Type 1 will be bolstered in 2009 by the return of stage racing specialists Matt Wilson and Ian MacGregor, as announced by Sport Director Ed Beamon Monday. Wilson, 31, rebounded from breaking his right wrist in March to score stage wins at the Tour de Beauce and the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic. The 2004 Australian national road champion also earned King of the … [Read more...]
Waterford, Ireland — When Team Type 1 signed Matt Wilson, it was assumed the 2004 Australian national road champion would be a pillar of experience for the first-year professional team. A broken wrist sustained in training in March interrupted those plans for a time. But an ever-determined Wilson never let the injury get in the way of helping the team out - be it at the Tour de Georgia in … [Read more...]
Bend, Ore. – Team Type 1’s Matt Wilson made good on a pre-race promise to himself to win Thursday’s stage of the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic for teammate Ben Brooks. But as much as Wilson wanted to celebrate his victory in the 78-mile (125.5 km) Three Creeks Road Race, he could not help but think of his fellow Australian, who crashed badly in Wednesday’s race. “My … [Read more...]