Matthew Dinham
_-_2023-07-14_-_1.jpg) Dinham at the 2023 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 April 2000 South Africa[1] |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL |
| Discipline |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2019 | St George Continental Cycling Team |
| 2020–2022 | Team BridgeLane[2] |
| 2023– | Team DSM |
Matthew Dinham (born 9 April 2000) is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL.[3][4]
Early life
[edit]Dinham was born in South Africa and lived there until he was 11.[1] He started riding at the age of four, trying most of the other disciplines of cycling before settling on road. Dinham became an Australia citizen in 2017 a few weeks before he represented Australia at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships[1]
Career
[edit]Dinham sprinted to seventh at the UCI World Under-23 Championships Road race in 2022.[5]
DSM 2023 to present
[edit]The first Grand Tour that Dinham rode was the 2023 Tour de France where he rode in support of Romain Bardet.[6] He finished the race in 58th and ninth in the Young rider classification.[7]
Dinam was a last minute call up for the Road race at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships after Caleb Ewan decided not to race.[8][9] The race plan for Dinham involved going into the early break and take some of the pressure off Michael Matthews. But Matthews dropped out of contention so Dinham took it upon himself to get a good placing. When the favorites caught his breakaway, Mathieu van der Poel attacked. Dinham was the only rider from the break to be able to follow, he joined the likes of Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogačar. Van der Poel kept attacking and the bunch split into groups with Dinham being in the bunch that sprinted for fifth where he finished seventh.[9][10]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2021
- 8th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 8th Lillehammer GP
- 2022
- 1st La Maurienne Classic
- National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
- 5th Overall Tour de la Mirabelle
- 6th Road race, Oceania Championships
- 7th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 7th Overall Tour du Pays de Montbéliard
- 9th Overall Tour Alsace
- 9th Overall Spirit of Tasmania Cycle Tour
- 2023
- 6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 7th Road race, UCI World Championships
- 8th Overall CRO Race
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2023 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— |
 Tour de France
|
58 |
 Vuelta a España
|
— |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | Race in Progress |
Mountain bike
[edit]- 2017
- 2nd
Cross-country, Oceanian Junior Championships - 2018
- 2nd Cross-country, Oceanian Junior Championships
- 2019
- 1st
Cross-country, Oceanian Under-23 Championships - 2020
- 3rd
Cross-country, Oceanian Under-23 Championships - 2022
- 1st
Cross-country, National Championships
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Been, José (31 October 2022). "Meet Matt Dinham, the Aussie climber joining the WorldTour ranks". velo.outsideonline.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
Dinham spent his early childhood in South Africa where both his parents plus he and his sister were born. He tried many different cycling disciplines like BMX, downhill, and cross country mountain biking because he just wanted to race. When Dinham was 11 years old, the family moved to Australia.
- ^ "Team BridgeLane". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Miu, Ryan (22 October 2022). "U23 Matthew Dinham signs three-year pro contract". auscycling.org. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Team DSM". UCI. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ Woodpower, Zeb (23 September 2022). "A smile, a shiver and a sprint - Matt Dinham best of home challengers at U23 Worlds". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (22 June 2023). "Welsford makes Tour de France debut with DSM, Bardet leads GC challenge". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Dinham: 'You get to look up and see the Arc de Triomphe'". SBS Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Dinham, Edmondson late call-ups to race 'relentless' road Worlds course". SBS Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Worlds: Matt Dinham delivers breakout ride on biggest stage". AusCycling. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ ""I'm still pinching myself a bit" - Matthew Dinham 7th in Glasgow World Championship road race". CyclingUpToDate.com. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Matthew Dinham". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Matthew Dinham". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Matthew Dinham at UCI
- Matthew Dinham at ProCyclingStats
- Matthew Dinham at CycleBase
- Matthew Dinham at MTB Data
