Matthew Gibson (cyclist)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Matthew Gibson
2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 34.JPG
Gibson at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Lewis Gibson
Born (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 25)
Lymm, United Kingdom
Team information
Current teamRibble Weldtite
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2012–2014Velocity WD40
2015–2016100% ME
Professional teams
2017–2018JLT–Condor
2019–2020Burgos BH[1][2]
2021–Ribble Weldtite

Matthew Lewis Gibson (born 2 September 1996) is a British professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Ribble Weldtite.[3][4]

A former member of the British Cycling Olympic Academy Programme, Gibson specialises in endurance and timed events and came 5th and 10th in the Junior Time Trial at the 2013 and 2014 UCI Road World Championships, respectively. Gibson was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships[5] and, at 18 years old, he was the youngest rider on the squad.

Major results[]

2013
National Junior Track Championships
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Kilo
5th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
10th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
2014
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
1st Round 3 – Peterborough Tour Series
1st Six Days of Ghent Future Stars (with Chris Lawless)
3rd Overall Junior Tour of Wales
6th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Stage 2a (ITT)
10th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2015
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Scratch race
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2017
2nd Overall Bay Classic Series
2018
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Criterium Championships
1st Stage 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic
1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 5 Tour du Loir-et-Cher
Tour Series
1st Jersey red.svg Points classification
1st Round 2 – Motherwell
3rd GP Izola
10th Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 6
2019
1st Stage 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake
6th Overall Tour of China I
2022
1st Stage 1b Olympia's Tour

References[]

  1. ^ "Primera concentración del Burgos-BH 2019" [First concentration of Burgos-BH 2019]. Ciclismo a Fondo (in Spanish). Motorpress Ibérica. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Cubero y Gibson completan la plantilla de 20 ciclistas del Burgos BH" [Cubero and Gibson complete the roster of 20 cyclists from Burgos BH]. Burgos BH (in Spanish). Burgos Pro Team. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ^ Hickmott, Larry (29 November 2020). "Team News: Matt Gibson signs for Ribble Weldtite". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""