Matthew Dinham

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| caption = Dinham at the 2023 Tour de France

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|4|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = South Africa{{cite web|url=https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-culture/meet-matt-dinham-the-aussie-climber-joining-the-worldtour-ranks/ |title=Meet Matt Dinham, the Aussie climber joining the WorldTour ranks|work=velo.outsideonline.com|date=2022-10-31|access-date=2023-10-07|first=José|last=Been|quote=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.}}

| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 63 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|DSM men}}

| discipline = {{ubl|Road|Mountain biking}}

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 2019

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|STG|2019}}

| proyears2 = 2020–2022

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|BLN|2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15281/1003109/276|title=Team BridgeLane|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210226125704/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15281/1003109/276|archive-date=26 February 2021}}

| proyears3 = 2023–

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|DSM men|2023a}}

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Matthew Dinham (born 9 April 2000) is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|DSM men}}.{{cite web | url=https://www.auscycling.org.au/nat/news/u23-matthew-dinham-signs-three-year-pro-contract | title=U23 Matthew Dinham signs three-year pro contract | publisher=Cycling Australia | work=auscycling.org | date=22 October 2022 | access-date=13 December 2022 | author=Miu, Ryan}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17727|title=Team DSM|publisher=UCI|access-date=13 January 2023}}

Early life

Dinham was born in South Africa and lived there until he was 11. 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

Career

Dinham sprinted to seventh at the UCI World Under-23 Championships Road race in 2022.{{cite web |last1=Woodpower |first1=Zeb |title=A smile, a shiver and a sprint - Matt Dinham best of home challengers at U23 Worlds |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/a-smile-a-shiver-and-a-sprint-matt-dinham-best-of-home-challengers-at-u23-worlds/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=en |date=23 September 2022}}

=DSM 2023 to present=

The first Grand Tour that Dinham rode was the 2023 Tour de France where he rode in support of Romain Bardet.{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Barry |title=Welsford makes Tour de France debut with DSM, Bardet leads GC challenge |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/welsford-makes-tour-de-france-debut-with-dsm-bardet-leads-gc-challenge/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=en |date=22 June 2023}} He finished the race in 58th and ninth in the Young rider classification.{{cite web |title=Dinham: 'You get to look up and see the Arc de Triomphe' |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/video/dinham-you-get-to-look-up-and-see-the-arc-de-triomphe/482kxxjjv |website=SBS Sport |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=en}}

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.{{cite web |title=Dinham, Edmondson late call-ups to race 'relentless' road Worlds course |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/article/dinham-edmondson-late-call-ups-to-race-relentless-road-worlds-course/bhkjewkmb |website=SBS Sport |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Worlds: Matt Dinham delivers breakout ride on biggest stage |url=https://www.auscycling.org.au/australian-cycling-team/news/worlds-matt-dinham-elite-road-race |website=AusCycling |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=en-au |date=7 August 2023}} 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.{{cite web |title="I'm still pinching myself a bit" - Matthew Dinham 7th in Glasgow World Championship road race |url=https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/im-still-pinching-myself-a-bit-matthew-dinham-7th-in-glasgow-world-championship-road-race |website=CyclingUpToDate.com |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=en |date=7 August 2023}}

Major results

Sources:{{cite web |title=Matthew Dinham |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=132759 |website=www.cyclingarchives.com |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Matthew Dinham |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/matthew-dinham |website=www.procyclingstats.com |access-date=26 January 2024}}

=Road=

;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==

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