Full name Matthew Wilson 2006–2007 Unibet.com Spouse Megan Prowd 2002–2005 Francaise des Jeux Role Cyclist | 2001 Mercury-Viatel Name Matthew Wilson Discipline Road 2008–2009 Team Type 1 Current team Orica–GreenEDGE | |
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Born 1 October 1977 (age 46)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ( 1977-10-01 ) | ||
Matthew "Matt" Wilson (born 1 October 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired professional Australian road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2012. During 2007 he rode as a domestique for the UCI ProTour team Unibet.com. In 2008 and 2009, he rode as a team leader for the US-based Team Type 1, and rode for the Garmin–Transitions team in 2010 and 2011. He joined GreenEDGE for the 2012 season, and retired after the Vattenfall Cyclassics in August of that year.
Wilson's talent ensured that he became a part of the Australian national team with basis in Italy. He was diagnosed however with Hodgkins disease in 1999 and he moved back to Australia. After the cancer treatment, he decided however to take up cycling again. His friend and Unibet team mate Baden Cooke helped him to get a place in the professional stable Mercury-Viatel.
He won a stage in Tour de l' Avenir 2001. The following year he and Baden Cooke changed to Française des Jeux.
At the start of 2003, Wilson won the Australian road race championship.
He won the Herald Sun Tour in October 2007 winning 2 stages along the way. He also said it was his most important and favourite victory in his life.