Matthews re-signs with Orica-GreenEdge
Australian commits to two-year-deal
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-GreenEdge has announced that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Matthews has committed to the team for a further two years. The 23-year-old joined the Australian WorldTour team in 2012 and becomes the latest rider to re-sign follo꧒wing Luke Durbridge and Simon Gerrans in doing so.
"For me this is the perfect team and I wouldn't think of going anywhere else," Matthews said ahead of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a España. "Joining the team in 2012 was a huge experience and ever since then my progressi✨on in professional cycling has go🐽ne a lot higher.
"I feel really comfortable in the team and my results are speaking for ♍that.
"I have still got a big year ahead o𒉰f me now but I am looking forward to the next two years and hopefully trying to step it up again with more wins."
In May, Matthews was part of the te▨am which won the team time trial at the Giro d'Italia and described that victory as the highlight of being with the team so f🍌ar.
"That was a real goal for us to win that race," Matthews said of tꦅhe win. "I haveဣ never really been a part of a team time trial victory so winning as a team, especially in a grand tour, was truly a highlight for me."
Matthews then 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:wore the maglia rosa for six days and won stage six in the leader's jersey before withdrawing from the race. He was selected for the Tour de France but a crash on the eve of the crash meant he mi💞ssed the grand tour.
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At last year's Vuelta, is debut grand tour, Matthews won two stages and also wore the sprinter🦄s green jersey and the team ar💜e hoping he can replicate his victories.
"Michael is a winner and an extraordinary talent on൩ the bike," sport director Matt White said. "This year, he's accomplished a lot and I think we're yet to see the full scope of what he's capable of.
"What we saw at the Giro is just 🐼another example of how he continues to take massive steps in his career on this team. He's a very serious athlete and with the support we can give him, he will be able to make the most of hi🦩s efforts.
"We're very happy to be part of his future development and he is definitely one of the riders we look at when targeting results in major races."