Matt White (cyclist)

Matt White

Personal information
Full name	Matthew White
Born	22 February 1974 (1974-02-22) (age 37) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Team information
Current team	Cycling Australia
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1998 1999–2000 2001–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007	Amore & Vita-ForzArcore Vini Caldirola US Postal Cofidis Discovery Channel
Managerial team(s)
2008–2011	Slipstream-Chipotle
Infobox last updated on 23 January 2010

Matthew ("Matt") White (born 22 August 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist and former directeur sportif for Garmin-Cervélo.^[1]

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 Amore & Vita-ForzArcore (1998) and Vini Caldirola (1999) before finding himself on the US Postal Service team from 2001 through to 2003. In this period White was not selected to ride the Tour de France with Lance Armstrong but did ride the 2003 Vuelta a España in support of Roberto Heras.^[2] In 2004, Matthew moved to the French Cofidis team to join fellow Australian Stuart O'Grady.

He was selected in the Cofidis 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. Much to his relief he was selected again in 2005 and made it to the start. In 2005 he won stage 4 at Tour Down Under.

White also coached his wife, Jane Saville, to a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the 20 km race walk.^[3] The couple split their time between Sydney and Olivia, Spain.

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. ^ Garmin-Cervelo dismiss Matt White
2. ^ Matt White Interview 2003 Vuelta
3. ^ Jane Saville's personal site

External links

• Matt White Rider Profile." Accessed on July 10, 2005
• Results

Persondata
Name	White, Matt
Alternative names	White, Matthew
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1974-08-22
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of death
Place of death