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Matt White
Personal information
Full nameMatthew White
NicknameWhitey
Born (1974-02-22) 22 February 1974 (age 50)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb)
Team information
Current teamGreenEDGE
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleSporting Director
Professional teams
1996–1997Giant-Australian Institute of Sport
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Matthew ("Matt") White (born 22 February 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist. Currently White is working as a sporting director for GreenEDGE.[1] White has also worked as a sporting director for 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. but was let go because of doping offenses during his racing career.[2] His most notable results are winning a stage of the 1999 Tour de Suisse and another stage victory at the 2005 Tour Down Under. He mainly worked as a domestique throughout his career, sacrificing personal ambitions to help his leader.[3]

Biography

White started competitive cycling at age 14. Like so many other Australian professional riders he started his career on the track under Charlie Walsh, competing in the Junior World Championship in Athens. In 1994 he attended the Commonwealth Games in Victoria Canada, his fourth spot in the Team Time Trial was taken by soon to be retired Phil Anderson but he did compete in & finish the road race. Turning professional in 1996 at age 22 with the Giant-Australian Institute of Sport team under the GIANT-A.I.S. Sports Director and Australian National Coach, German born Heiko Salzwedel. During this period the team's European headquarters were based in Cottbus, Germany.

After 2 years with the Australian GIANT-AIS Cycling Team, White then went through Italian teams You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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He was selected in the 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. team to ride the 2004 Tour de France, but did not make the start line after falling and breaking his collar bone just hours prior to the start while warming up.[5] Much to his relief he was selected again in 2005 and made it to the start. In 2005 he won stage 4 at the Tour Down Under, besting fellow Aussie Robbie McEwen to the sprint after their escape group of six riders succeeded.[3]

White also coached his wife, Jane Saville, to a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the 20 km race walk.[6] The couple split their time between Sydney and Olivia, Spain.

In 2012, as head of Australia's cycling team, Orica-GreenEDGE, Matt White admitted that during his competitive career he used performance-enhancing drugs while on the 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. squad, where doping formed part of the team's strategy and said "I too was involved in that strategy". He stood down from his role with Orica-GreenEDGE on 13 October 2012.[7] On 17 October 2012 Matt White was sacked as a national coach by Cycling Australia due to his use of performance-enhancing drugs.[8] Despite his involvement in doping Orica-GreenEDGE announced on 11 June 2013 that it was reinstating Matt White as their sports director.

Palmares

1992
3rd World U19 Team Pursuit Championship
1996
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce (CAN)
3rd Overall Tour of Wellington (NZL)
1st Stage 1 TTT Tour of Wellington (NZL)
2nd Stage 3 Hessen Rundfahrt (GER)
1997
2nd Overall Giro del Capo (RSA)
2nd Hennesee Rundfahrt (GER)
1998
1st Joseph Sunde Memorial
1999
1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse
2002
1st Stage 1 TTT Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
1st Noosa International Criterium
1st 1st South Bank GP
2005
1st Stage 4 Tour Down Under
2007
1st Cronulla International Grand Prix

References

  1. ^ "How to build a cycling team". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  2. ^ Garmin-Cervelo dismiss Matt White
  3. ^ a b "White's work rewarded with win". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 21 January 2005. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. ^ Matt White Interview 2003 Vuelta
  5. ^ Ron Reed (13 October 2013). "The career of disgraced Orica-GreenEDGE director Matt White explained". News.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  6. ^ Jane Saville's personal site
  7. ^ "White admits to doping with Armstrong team". The Melbourne Age. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  8. ^ John MacLeary (17 October 2012). "Lance Armstrong's former US Postal team-mate Matt White sacked by Cycling Australia after doping report". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 1 February 2013.