Note:
Two years ago Matt had a very serious accident when he was hit by a
big cement truck. He broke both legs and his hip. At this moment
most of the misery and pain have gone, but not everything. There is
still an unbalance in both legs.
Qualities as a rider:
Matt is no sprinter, but he is very strong in making the pace. At
this moment his career on the track gets most of the attention.
Recently he rode the worldcup event in Beijing in China, but he
intends to concentrate more on the road as soon as other coming
track events like worldcups and the worldchampionships will be over.
List of honour:
2003: piste: 1st ploegenachtervolging Nations Cup Final; weg: 6
victories: junioreskampioen op de weg en in het tijdrijden;
2004: piste: 1st Edinburgh Grand Prix Devil; 1st Dortmund Amateur 6
Day; 2nd NK ploegenachtervoling; 5th wereldbeker Moskou; weg: 1
overwinning: Frank Morgan G.P.;
2005: piste: 2nd Sydney World Cup; weg: één victory: John Parkinson
Memorial;
2006 (prof bij DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed);
2007 (Profel Ziegler Continental Team);
2008 (Profel Ziegler Continental Team);
2009 (An Post-Sean Kelly Team): 4th in worldcup scratch Manchester.
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