ROME, March 7, 2013 (AFP) - Australian Matthew Goss of Orica-Greenedge won the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico over 232km from San Vincenzo to Indicatore in a sprint finish on Thursday. Britain's Mark Cavendish of Omega-Pharma retained the leader's blue jersey despite finishing only fifth on the stage. "It was quite chaotic in the final laps because it was raining, there … [Read more...]
Sprinters Wave Goodbye To The Climbs, And Hello To Stage 18
July 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PEYRAGUDES, France, July 19, 2012 - Sprint specialists like Mark Cavendish, Andre Greipel and Matt Goss will not be alone in waving an enthusiastic goodbye to the tough climbs of the Tour de France. Especially with the chance to add to, or in the case of Goss, open their stage win tally on the race coming a day after the final day in the Pyrenees. Stage 18 on Friday is one of the … [Read more...]
Goss Docked Points After Sagan Wheel Chop Sprint Duel
July 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ANNONAY, France, July 13, 2012 (AFP) - Australian Matthew Goss's green jersey bid suffered a blow Friday after he was docked 30 points by Tour de France officials for an irregular sprint at the end of the 226 km 12th stage. Goss is green jersey holder Peter Sagan's biggest rival in the points competition, and got the better of the Slovakian at the intermediate sprint to begin closing his … [Read more...]
Goss Eyes Green Jersey As Sagan Survives Another Crash
July 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
SAINT-QUENTIN, France, July 5, 2012 (AFP) - Slovakian champion Peter Sagan missed a great chance for his third stage win on this year's Tour de France Thursday, but ended up thankful he could stay in the race after yet another mass pile-up. At the end of the 196 km ride from Rouen to Saint-Quentin the Liquigas rider was one of several, including American Tyler Farrar, caught up in … [Read more...]
Goss Predicts Sprint Battle Royal on Tour de France
June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
LIEGE, Belgium, June 30, 2012 (AFP) - Australian Matthew Goss believes "some of the fastest finishes in years" will light up the sprint battles and green jersey competition on this year's Tour de France. Tasmanian Goss, 25, will spearhead Orica-GreenEdge's bid for glory on their debut by aiming for victory in the sprints and points competition's green jersey. Standing defiantly in his … [Read more...]
Goss Concedes Defeat, But Looks To Future Rainbows
September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, Sept 26, 2011 (AFP) - Matt Goss admitted he was beaten fair and square after being left to pick up the silver medal by triumphant HTC-Highroad teammate Mark Cavendish at the world road race championships Sunday. The Australian warned, however, that he will aim to make amends in at least another 10 years of trying to win cycling's coveted … [Read more...]
Cavendish Emulates Simpson To Take World Crown
September 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis COPENHAGEN, Sept 25, 2011 (AFP) - Mark Cavendish became Britain's first world road race champion since the late Tom Simpson in 1965 when he dominated a bunch sprint to win the men's elite race at the road world championships here Sunday. Australian Matthew Goss finished second to take the silver with German Andre Greipel winning the bronze after 260 km … [Read more...]
GreenEdge Adds Belgian Classics Hopefuls To Roster
September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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...]
Goss Joins Australian Team GreenEdge
September 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Sept 6, 2011 (AFP) - New Australian team GreenEdge on Tuesday announced the recruitment of Australian rider Matthew Goss, who won Milan-Sanremo in March while riding for HTC-Highroad. The 24-year-old, who had to withdraw from this year's Tour of Spain during the second stage because of a virus, is targeting a strong performance in the road race at the World Championships in Copenhagen … [Read more...]
Evans, Porte, and Goss To Play Leading Tour Roles
June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Justin Davis (AFP) LES HERBIERS, France, June 30, 2011 - Australia's Cadel Evans said he's determined to build on his impressive season so far to relaunch his bid for the elusive Tour de France yellow jersey. Evans finished a grudging runner-up, by only 23secs, to reigning champion Alberto Contador in 2007 and was second again a year later when another Spaniard, Carlos Sastre, took … [Read more...]