Matthew Busche

Matthew Busche

Busche at the 2010 Tour de Romandie.
Personal information
Full name Matthew Craig Busche
Born (1985-05-09) May 9, 1985
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team UnitedHealthcare
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2009 Kelly Benefit Strategies
2010–2011 Team RadioShack
2012–2015 RadioShack–Nissan[1]
2016– UnitedHealthcare[2]
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2011, 2015)
Infobox last updated on
May 25, 2015,

Matthew Busche (born May 9, 1985) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Pro Continental Team UnitedHealthcare. Before that he rode for UCI ProTeam Trek–Segafredo.[3] In 2009, he gained notoriety for his rapid rise from a Wisconsin-based amateur team to Team RadioShack within the course of one season.[4][5] Busche was the 2011 and 2015 US National Road Race Champion.[6]

Biography

Busche, son of Craig and Cindy Busche, grew up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and is a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He got his start in endurance sports as a runner, and first took up cycling in 2005 as a form of cross-training during a running injury. He was a two-time NCAA All-American cross country athlete, and the 2007 Iowa Conference MVP.[7][8] Completing his college running career in 2007, Busche switched his focus to cycling and joined the ISCorp amateur cycling team. During his second season of racing in 2009, Busche rode as a stagiaire for Pro-Continental team Kelly Benefits Strategies, and was later offered a contract with UCI ProTour team, Team RadioShack.[9] Busche spent two years with Team RadioShack and moved with a number of riders to the former Leopard Trek team to form RadioShack–Nissan for the 2012 season.[1]

Busche currently lives and trains in Brevard, North Carolina with his wife, Lisa.

Major results

2015
1st National Road Race Championships
2014
5th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
10th National Road Race Championships
2013
4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
5th Overall Tour of Utah
6th Overall Tour of California
7th National Time Trial Championships
7th Overall Tour of Austria
9th National Road Race Championships
2012
2nd Overall Tour of Utah
8th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
2011
1st National Road Race Championships
3rd National Time Trial Championships[10]
2010
3rd Overall Danmark Rundt[11][12]
5th National Time Trial Championships[13]
7th National Road Race Championships[14]
2009
5th National Road Race Championships[15]
7th Overall Tour of Utah[16]
9th Overall Univest Grand Prix[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. December 5, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://uhcprocycling.com/mens-team/matthew-busche/. Retrieved January 22, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Trek Factory Racing (TFR) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ From Tosa to the Tour: Busche joins Armstrong's Team RadioShack – JSOnline
  5. ↑ Livin’ the dream – Cat 5 to RadioShack in three years – Matthew Busche | theroaddiaries
  6. ↑ Wauwatosa native Matthew Busche wins USA Cycling Pro Road Championship – JSOnline
  7. ↑ http://sports.luther.edu/men/cross-country/history/all-americans/
  8. ↑ Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – 2007 Iowa Conference Cross Country Championships
  9. ↑ One-on-one with RadioShack’s Matt Busche
  10. ↑ 2011 USA Cycling pro road championships results, individual time trial
  11. ↑ RadioShack's Matthew Busche finishes on the podium in Denmark
  12. ↑ Svein Tuft wins Denmark TT as Fuglsang moves into lead | Latest News | Cycling Weekly
  13. ↑ USA Cycling Professional Championships 2010: Time Trial Results | Cyclingnews.com
  14. ↑ USA Cycling Professional Championships 2010: Road Race Results | Cyclingnews.com
  15. ↑ USA Cycling Pro Championships 2009: Road Race Results | Cyclingnews.com
  16. ↑ Busche’s Breakout Performance | podiuminsight.com
  17. ↑ 2009 Univest Grand Prix Results

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ben King		 USA National Road Race Champion
2011 		Succeeded by
Timmy Duggan
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