Matt White (cyclist)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew White |
| Nickname | Whitey |
| Born |
22 February 1974 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | GreenEDGE |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Sporting Director |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1996–1997 | Giant-Australian Institute of Sport |
| 1998 | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore |
| 1999–2000 | Vini Caldirola |
| 2001–2003 | U.S. Postal Service |
| 2004–2005 | Cofidis |
| 2006–2007 | Discovery Channel |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2008-2010 | Slipstream–Chipotle |
| 2012- | GreenEDGE |
Matthew ("Matt") White (born 22 February 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist. Currently White is working as a sporting director for GreenEDGE. White has also worked as a sporting director for Garmin–Cervélo but was let go because of doping offenses during his racing career. His most notable results are winning a stage of the 1999 Tour de Suisse and another stage victory at the 2005 Tour Down Under. He mainly worked as a domestique throughout his career, sacrificing personal ambitions to help his leader.
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. In 2004, Matthew moved to the French Cofidis team to join fellow Australian Stuart O'Grady.
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