Michael Matthews

Betting on a sprint cost Matthews the pot

The elite men’s road race will be a wide-open affair; with three short, steep climbs in the closing 5km and a chance of showers, almost anything can happen

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The Australian says the Richmond road race course is perfectly suited to him.

Adam Yates finishes 6 seconds out of first at the Canadian stage race a month after winning Clásica San Sebastián.

As races look to liven things up with tougher profiles, Michael Matthews is seeing plenty of opportunities to put his skills to good use

Matthews prevails on a cold and wet day in Alberta, seizing the overall lead with a sprint victory.

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The Giant-Alpecin star has eight Tour de France stage wins but will miss this year's race after an illness

The Orica-GreenEdge rider crashed four days before last year's Tour and missed the race

The Norwegian has 18 wins so far this season, but several riders will challenge him in the mass gallops to the finish line

Matthews gets the better of Sagan on a punchy sprint finish that gave the speedsters one final chance to shine before the big mountains

Avoiding a challenging final week in the mountains, several sprinters are leaving Italy to recuperate in preparation for later season goals

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Matthews survives category 2 climb late in the stage to emerge victorious in Sestri Levante, sprinting to victory wearing the pink jersey

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Michael Matthews takes the maglia rosa at the Giro d'Italia as Elia Viviani out-kicks the field for the victory in stage 2

The Australian-based squad wants to start the race by successfully defending its opening-stage TTT win

Flèche Wallonne organizers added a new climb near the finish of Wednesday's race, but the race could still be decided on the Mur de Huy

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Dozens of favorites line up for Sunday's Amstel Gold Race, where a string of climbs and narrow roads makes for a tense day of racing

Fabio Felline freelances his way to a stage win in Spain, as Michael Matthews keeps the overall lead and places second in the sprint

Aussie speedster Michael Matthews survives climbs and sprints to victory and overall lead in first stage of Vuelta al Pais Vasco

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Sprinter John Degenkolb shone brightly in Sanremo, but not before some other bright lights went dim on the long, cold road from Milano

A rainy, crash-packed edition of La Classicissima ends in a mad dash to the line won by Giant-Alpecin's John Degenkolb

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Sunday's edition of the sprinter's classic pulls from past races to present an old-school route that finishes on the Via Roma

Perhaps benefitting from modest expectations, Matthews and Lobato have potential to deliver a surprise on the Via Roma this Sunday

Michael Matthews claims his first win of the season in stage 3 of Pars-Nice, and also snatches the yellow jersey, thanks to bonus time

The Paris-Nice route this year will offer something for everyone in the peloton

At worlds, Kwiatkowski, 24, leads the way for a young cohort that is talented and promising

Global Cycling Network breaks down the list of favorites in the men's and women's elite road races in Ponferrada, Spain

Alejandro Valverde has a tough row to hoe if he is to win the rainbow jersey on his home turf, with the Aussies and Belgians gunning for him

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John Degenkolb again proves fastest in the Vuelta's sprints, claiming stage 17 ahead of Michael Matthews

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Orica-GreenEdge's Michael Matthews wins a tricky sprint finish over Garmin-Sharp's Dan Martin

The Australian Orica-GreenEdge rider won the stage and took the overall lead with a 10-second time bonus

Training crash results in an injury to his left hand, requiring six stitches

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The Australian rider spent six days wearing the pink leader's jersey

The squad won the opening team time trial and two other stages, and held the pink jersey through stage 8

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The Giro peloton is facing a nasty mix of poor weather and slick roads throughout the first week of the corsa rosa

Cadel Evans was among the beneficiaries when a late crash rocked the peloton on Thursday at the Giro, but should he have waited?

Cadel Evans now finds himself 21 seconds out of the race lead

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The Australian will wear the leader’s jersey for the fourth straight day in Thursday’s stage 6

Diego Ulissi put the host nation on the Giro’s 2014 official record by climbing to victory in stage 5 on Wednesday

Riders were unsure if they should continue racing or stop all together because of slick conditions

With rain creating a slick road surface throughout the 121km stage 4 in southern Italy, Nacer Bouhanni bolted to victory

Colombian climber Rigoberto Urán lines up with the pink jersey in his sights as the Giro faces its first mountain stages

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The German speedster was not in great position, but made it work anyway with a sprint that he called more of an attack

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Matthews already has a rainbow jersey, plus stage wins from the Vuelta, and he'd like to add some Giro gold to the collection

Marcel Kittel leads the field of sprinters at the Giro, which kicks off May 9. Will he rule the mass gallops on the Italian roads?

For the third time in four years, Simon Gerrans finished third in the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday

The Orica-GreenEdge rider recently earned two wins and a runner-up ahead of Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race

Australian jumps to victory in the Basque Country

The 41-year-old American makes history by winning the Vuelta in Madrid on Sunday

Michael Matthews gets his first grand tour win in the 2013 Vuelta's first sprint finale

Garmin's Morton holds the overall lead going into Saturday's "queen stage" from Snowbasin to Snowbird

Orica's former U23 world champion dances his way to a win and the overall lead in Utah

Matthews signs with the Aussie home team for two years

Rabobank's former u23 world champion gets a sprint win after spending the day in the breakaway

Young Aussie rider dreams of leading his country's team to victory in Valkenburg

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