At this point in the season riders are often pigeonholed into categories most befitting of their status. There are those that fit into the band of most promising, the up-and-comers if you will. There are those who are on the comeback trail and those that simply have a massive point to prove. Matt Goss sits squarely into the latter category and enters what he describes as a huge season in his career. After all it’s a career that has faded in recent years but as he tells Cyclingnews, the hunger to win is still there.
Having not won a race in almost two years and having fallen from the heady heights of cycling stardom since his Milan-San Remo win of 2011, Goss, who has signed at One Pro Cycling for 2016, has unquestionably the most important year of his career in front of him. Call it a cross roads, a last-chance saloon to prove that he is still an elite sprinter, the magnitude of the 29-year-old’s next season cannot be overlooked.
“It’s super important, next year, and I know that. I want to be winning bike races. The hunger is still there and the last thing that I want to be is just a number in the peloton. I’ve got no desire for that,” Goss tells Cyclingnews from his home in Australia.
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“The hunger for me comes from wanting to win bike races and this is too hard a job to just pedal around, wear a number and take a hiding. I don’t want that."
Goss of course was in a similar position twelve months ago when he was released by the Orica-GreenEdge team after three years of service. He signed for MTN-Qhubeka on a one-year deal as part of a raft of sprinters who moved to the African team at the same time. However, the move failed to pay off and Goss, a year on, was once again surplus to the team’s requirements.
One Pro Cycling, the United Kingdom’s first Pro Continental team came calling and offered a lifeline. Goss has snatched the opportunity with both hands as he sets about a winter of training that will hopefully see him return to his best, and while his time at MTN was unsuccessful, he has decided not to dwell on the past.
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