Matthew Wilson (cyclist)
Matthew Wilson (born October 1, 1977 in Melbourne ) is a retired Australian cyclist .
Athletic career
Matthew Wilson began his career in 2001 with the Mercury-Viatel cycling team . After a year he moved to the French team La Française des Jeux . There he took part in the Tour de France for the first time in 2003 , which he finished in one of the last places. In January 2004, Wilson won the championship title at the Australian road championship. From 2006 to 2007 he drove for the Professional Continental Team Unibet.com before transferring to Team Type 1 for the 2008 season . After another move to Team Garmin-Transitions in 2010, he drove his last season for Orica GreenEdge and ended his career after the Vattenfall Cyclassics in 2012.
successes
- 2004
- 2007
- one stage and overall ranking Herald Sun Tour
- 2008
- a stage Tour de Beauce
Grand Tour overall ranking
Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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Giro d'Italia | 132 | 146 | - | - | - | - | - | DNF |
Tour de France | 144 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 | - |
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.
Teams
- 2001 Mercury Viatel
- 2002 Française des Jeux
- 2003 FDJeux.com
- 2004 FDJeux.com
- 2005 Française des Jeux
- 2006 Unibet.com
- 2007 Unibet.com
- 2008 Team Type 1
- 2009 Team Type 1
- 2010 Garmin transitions
- 2011 Team Garmin-Cervélo
- 2012 Orica GreenEdge
Web links
Commons : Matthew Wilson - album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Matthew Wilson in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Matthew Wilson in the database of rad-net.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wilson, Matthew |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st October 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne , Australia |