It is now two years since Matt Goss last won a major individual race: stage two of the 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico when he rode for the Orica-GreenEdge team.
The Tasmanian did ride for Orica-GreenEdge in the 2013 Tour de France when the Australian team won the stage four team time trial in Nice. And yes, technically speaking, he did win race four of last year’s Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic series in Victoria, Australia. But even Goss, 28, recognises that stage win in the 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico was the last time he beat a world-class field of sprinters.
However, ask Goss if he reflects about his drought of top level wins, or if it is just a subject that others – such as me and other journalists – painfully raise, to his credit he laughs when many a rider would understandably bristle.
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On the eve of his debut for the South African MTN-Qhubeka team in Sunday’s Milan-San Remo, which he won in 2011, a relaxed Goss happily tells Cyclingnews: “I don’t look back on those things. Last year wasn’t the best of my career, but I’m really motivated for this team and feel the results will come.
“I feel more and more confident the more I race the bike. I am happy with the team and the set up they have got. They have done a fantastic job.
"Coming from Tirreno, I have so much more confidence and once the confidence starts to rise, the results start to come. And sometimes it only takes a little thing to start the ball rolling again.
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