Michael Matthews

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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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Aussie sprinter Michael Matthews once again proved his pedigree with victory Monday at the one-day Rund um Köln in Germany.

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HTC-HighRoad's Matthew Goss reclaimed the leader's ochre jersey at the Tour Down Under as fellow Australian Michael Matthews (Rabobank) romped to victory on stage three on Thursday.

Michael Matthews, the reigning U23 world champion, got the better of his more experienced veterans in the second leg of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic.

All four (yes, FOUR) of the men's U23 road race podium finishers at a post-race news conference.

Australian Michael Matthews produced a powerful finishing sprint to claim the under-23 men's crown at the world road race cycling championships on Friday. Phinney shares bronze.

Australian Michael Matthews (Team Jayco Skins) wins the first stage of the Tour de Langkawi.