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Matty Rice 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

Career Highlights:

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.