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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 37)
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
2006South Australia.com-AIS
Professional teams
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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 You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Career

Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Goss started in the sport competing in track cycling. In 2005, he won a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit at the World Championships in Los Angeles along with Ashley Hutchinson, Mark Jamieson and Stephen Wooldridge. Then the following year he won the gold medal in Bordeaux with Peter Dawson, Mark Jamieson and Stephen Wooldridge.

In parallel with the successes on the track, he started his career on the road with the Australian team Southaustralia.com-AIS team which participated in major competitions dedicated to the Under-23. Goss had numerous victories, including Liberation Grand Prix and the Tour of the Regions.

In 2007 he turned pro with Bjarne Riis's You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.. In the first two years as a professional he won two stages at the Tour of Britain, one in 2007 and another in the next edition. Goss finished second at the Commerce Bank International Championship and third at the Delta Profronde. With CSC he also won the Eindhoven Team Time Trial 2007, an UCI ProTour team time trial included in the calendar.

In 2008, he took the first stage of the Herald Sun Tour. In these races he became known for his sprinter characteristics and also demonstrated qualities in other disciplines, proving strong on the cobbles, finishing third in the Belgian semi-classic Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.

He confirmed his qualities later in 2009 by winning Paris–Brussels, two stages of the Tour de Wallonie and finishing third at Gent–Wevelgem.

Goss at the 2011 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, an event he would win.

2010

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2011

He 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. He also came second in the National Championship. He 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. Then in the biggest win of his career, he won the 2011 Milan–San Remo Classic on Saturday 19 March. He succeeded in passing the ultimate climb of the day with the lead group and out-sprinted Fabian Cancellara of the You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2012

In April, Goss took the points classification of the Tour of Turkey.[6] He did not win a stage, but came close to it on Stage 4, where Mark Renshaw (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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He 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 You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.'s Peter Sagan for the Green jersey awarded to the best sprinter. However, his chances were greatly reduced in Stage 12 when he was handed a 30-point penalty for sprinting dangerously, touching Sagan after swerving several feet to his left while the two were going for the line.[10] He finally took the third place of the points classification behind Sagan and André Greipel.[11]

2015

On 18 September 2014 it was announced that Goss will be riding for Team MTN-Qhubeka in 2015.[12]

2016

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Personal life

Goss supports the pivotal role of junior development and pathway program cycling teams in the state where he cultivated his cycling skills as a junior, and subsequently holds the title of adviser to the management committee and team ambassador for the RECAB cycling development team in Tasmania since 2009.

Goss appeared on billboards in Australia for Toshiba with teammates from the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

He lives and trains in Monte Carlo, Monaco.[14]

Major results

2004
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Madison
2005
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
1st Stage 1 Tour of Japan
2006
1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
Vuelta a Navarra
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 1 Giro delle Regioni
1st Stage 3 Baby Giro
2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2nd Trofeo Città di Brescia
2nd Coppa Città di Asti
2007
1st Stage 3 Tour of Britain
1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial
2nd Commerce Bank International Championship
3rd Delta Profronde
2008
Tour of Britain
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
Herald Sun Tour
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2009
1st Paris–Brussels
Tour de Wallonie
1st Stages 3 & 5
2nd GP de Denain
3rd Gent–Wevelgem
10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
2010
1st GP Ouest–France
1st Philadelphia International Championship
1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
2011
1st Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Stages 1 & 4
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Cancer Council Helpline Classic
1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 8 Tour of California
1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman
2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour Down Under
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 1
8th London–Surrey Cycle Classic
2012
1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia
1st Points classification Tour of Turkey
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
4th GP Ouest–France
2013
1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
2nd Cancer Council Helpline Classic
2014
1st Stage 2 Bay Classic Series

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 126 DNF DNF DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 140 120 152
A red jersey Vuelta a España 138 DNF
Legend
DSQ Disqualified
DNF Did not finish

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  1. ^ a b "Matthew Goss". You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead: Alerting users * {{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the contentious topics system if they have never received such an alert before. In this case, this template must be used for the notification. * {{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the fact that a specific topic is a contentious topic. It may only be used if the user has previously received any contentious topic alert, and it can be replaced by a custom message that conveys the contentious topic designation. * {{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic. * {{Contentious topics/aware}} is used to register oneself as already aware that a specific topic is a contentious topic. Editnotices * {{Contentious topics/editnotice}} is used to inform editors that a page is covered by the contentious topics system using an editnotice. Use the one below if the page has restrictions placed on the page. * {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} is used to inform editors that the page they are editing is subject to contentious topics restrictions using an editnotice. Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. Talk page notices * {{Contentious topics/talk notice}} is used to provide additional communication, using a talk page messagebox (tmbox), to editors that they are editing a page that is covered by the contentious topics system. The template standardises the format and wording of such notices. Use the below if there are restrictions placed on the page. * {{Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice}} is used to inform editors that page restrictions are active on the page using a talk page messagebox (tmbox). Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. * If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. {{AE sanction}} is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned. Miscellaneous * {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia. GreenEDGE Cycling. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help); line feed character in |work= at position 197 (help)
  2. ^ "HTC-Columbia's Matthew Goss wins stage 9 sprint at the 2010 Giro d'Italia; Vinokourov retains lead". VeloNews.com. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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