Matty Rice
Key Stats
Nationality: Australian
Born: April 29, 1979
Hometown: Launceston, Tasmania
Residence: Carlsbad, California
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 165 pounds
Turned Pro: 2004
Hobbies: listening to music, relaxing
Palmares
1st,Sea Otter Classic 2006
1st, Tour of Channel 2004
10th overall, Tour of Missouri 2007
2007
7th, stage 3a, Tour of Hong Kong Shanghai
10th overall, Tour of Missouri
12th, stage 2, Tour of Missouri
2006
1st, Sea Otter Classic
2005
2nd, stage 8, Tour of Gippsland
3rd, Garrett Lemire Memorial
2004
1st, Tour of Channel
Biography
Rice, a former Australian national U23 team rider, had his U.S. breakout year in 2006 when he won the Sea Otter Classic, ahead of some of the big names in American cycling, including Levi Leipheimer.