2011 Milan-San Remo winner Matt Goss has announced his retirement from competitive racing at the end of the 2016 season.
The Australian won the Italian Classic in 2011 after impressing in sprints in his early years. However he has struggled to be competitive in recent years and joined the British One Pro Cycling Professional Continental team for 2016. He has only raced for 41 days so far this season, with ninth on a stage at the Tour de Langkawi his best result.
He insisted he was still hungry for success after leaving MTN-Qhubeka but now admits he has realised it is the right time to call time on his career.
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"The decision to retire is never something to be taken lightly but it is one I have put a lot of thought into," Goss said when announcing his retirement.
"I don't get the same buzz out of racing that I used to and the sport is too hard and competitive to do if you're not jumping out of your skin to get on the start line at every opportunity. While I'm still relatively young I'm looking forward to the next chapter in my life and I can take some great memories with me like winning Milan San Remo and standing on the top step of the Tour de France podium with some great team mates after winning the team time trial in Nice, all in front of family and friends."
In a professional career spanning ten years Goss enjoyed early success winning both the madison and team pursuit events at the Junior Track World Championships in 2004. Goss went on to sign for Team CSC in 2007 becoming the youngest rider to race in the WorldTour at the age of twenty.
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