Matthew Gibson (cyclist)

Matthew Lewis Gibson (born 2 September 1996) is a British professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran.^[7]

Matthew Gibson

Gibson at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Lewis Gibson
Born	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 28) Lymm, United Kingdom
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team	Saint Piran
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2012–2014	Velocity WD40
2015–2016	100% ME
Professional teams
2017–2018	JLT–Condor
2019–2020	Burgos BH[1][2]
2021	Ribble Weldtite[3][4]
2022	WiV SunGod
2022–2023	Human Powered Health[5][6]
2024–	Saint Piran

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^[8] and, at 18 years old, he was the youngest rider on the squad.

Major results

2013

National Junior Track Championships

1st Individual pursuit

1st Kilo

5th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

10th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

2014

1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships

1st 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 Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

1st Scratch

1st Team pursuit

3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup, Cali

3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

2017

2nd Overall Bay Classic Series

2018

1st 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 Points classification

1st Motherwell

3rd GP Izola

10th Overall Tour de Normandie

1st 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. Hickmott, Larry (29 November 2020). "Team News: Matt Gibson signs for Ribble Weldtite". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
4. "Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
5. "Matthew Gibson signs for Human Powered Health". Human Powered Health. June 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
6. "HUMAN POWERED HEALTH". UCI. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
7. "Matthew GIBSON". UCI. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
8. "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

External links

• Matthew Gibson at UCI
• Matthew Gibson at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Matthew Gibson at ProCyclingStats
• Matthew Gibson at Cycling Quotient
• Matthew Gibson at CycleBase
• Matthew Gibson profile at British Cycling
• Matthew Gibson profile at SportsAid