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No. 128 - Matthew Wilson

Team: Team Type 1
DOB: 1/10/1977
Nationality: AUS
Residence(s): Los Angeles, CA
Height: 6'1'' | Weight: 163
Pro Since: 2001
Speciality: Endurance
Past Pro Teams: Team Type 1 (2008-2009), Unibet.com (2006-2007), Française des Jeux (2005 & 2002), fdjeux.com (2003-2004), Mercury-Viatel (2001)
 

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2009 Highlights

2009 5th Australian National Road Race Championships

Career Highlights

2008 1st KOM Competition & 4th Overall Tour of Ireland - 1st Stage 2 Cascade Cycling Classic - 1st Stage 6 Tour de Beauce - 2nd Stage 3 Rochester Omnium - 2nd Del Mar Criterium Series Race #1 - 1st KOM Competition & Stage 2 Jayco Bay Classic - 6th Australian National Road Race Championships
2007 1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
2004 1st Australian National Road Race Championships
2002 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
2001 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir

Interesting Facts

Just as he was coming up through the cycling ranks, Matt Wilson was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease, a cancer that attacks the lymph glands. For the next two years, he successfully battled the disease. When Wilson bravely returned to the sport in 2001, it was almost as if he had never been away from cycling, and would twice go on to compete in cycling's greatest race, the Tour de France. Although an asthma attack on Stage 12 prevented him from finishing the race in 2003, he did finish the race in 2004 (144th place).