page_title: Michael Matthews (cyclist)
section_title: Team Sunweb (2017–2020)
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Matthews (cyclist) / Career / Team Sunweb (2017–2020)
caption_attribution_description: 20-7_12 matthews
context_page_description: Michael James Matthews is an Australian professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Sunweb.
  For the 2021 season, Matthews will join the Mitchelton–Scott team on a two-year contract.
context_section_description: Matthews was expected to contend for the points classification at the 2017 Tour de France, and his chances were boosted on Stage 4 after an incident during the final sprint which saw Mark Cavendish forced out of the race through injury and Peter Sagan, winner of the classification in the previous 5 Tours, disqualified. Matthews won Stage 14, a reduced peloton uphill sprint finish at Rodez. On Stage 16, the high pace set by Matthews' Team Sunweb dropped the green jersey wearer Kittel; Matthews, who was second to Kittel in points classification, won the stage. On Stage 17, Kittel crashed and withdrew from the Tour, putting Matthews in the green jersey. Matthews retained the jersey to Paris.
caption: Matthews wearing the green jersey at the 2017 Tour de France
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